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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 03:50 PM
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Fla. Judge Hurt in Afghanistan Bomb Attack
Fla. Judge Hurt in Afghanistan Bomb Attack

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - A local judge serving as a reconstruction adviser at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was injured in a roadside bomb attack, his wife said.

Brig. Gen. T. Patterson Maney, a judge in Okaloosa County in the Florida Panhandle, suffered head, neck and back injuries on Sunday but was expected to return to duty Tuesday, said his wife, Caroline.

The explosion rocked Maney's Humvee as it was returning to Kabul, his wife said Monday. Four others in the vehicle with him also suffered minor injuries, she said.

"They hit the trigger too soon. They hit the front of the car instead of the middle," she said. "It's a miracle that he's alive."

Caroline Maney said her husband, who went to Afghanistan in April 2004, is scheduled to return home in October, after next month's legislative elections.

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