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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 06:29 AM
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A voice from the front
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Joe Paschal of Dyersburg will have seen 22 months of active duty in December and for this soldier in the Tennessee Army National Guard, that is more than enough time spent in uniform.

He wants only one gift this Christmas - orders from the Defense Department that send him home from the desert of Iraq.

Paschal is a sergeant E-5 with the 267th Military Police Company in Dickson, Tenn. Originally, he was with the 268th MP unit of Ripley, but a shortage of personnel with specialized training led to orders for his deployment with the U.S. invasion forces. Paschal's unit built one of the first internment camps for Iraqi prisoners of war.

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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 06:49 AM
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1. this is interesting....
remember when the aWol chimp said he had no "war plans" on his desk in July 2002? Of course not, he had them there in NOVEMBER 2001!....

<snip>After 10 months, I thought it was over with," Paschal said. But during Guard drill in November 2001, he was told that MPs would likely be called up for the war in Iraq. He was ordered into service again on Dec. 14 and shipped out to Kuwait after a month of training for chemical warfare.

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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 07:02 AM
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2. The so-called "war plans" were on his desk long before Nov 2001.
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