Fla. Judge Hurt in Afghanistan Bomb Attack

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Fla. Judge Hurt in Afghanistan Bomb Attack

By Associated Press

August 23, 2005, 3:09 PM EDT


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.

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