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malmapus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 04:02 PM
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He lost an arm in Iraq; the Army wants money



Middletown – He lost his arm serving his country in Iraq.

Now this wounded soldier is being discharged from his company in Fort Hood, Texas, without enough gas money to get home. In fact, the Army says 27-year-old Spc. Robert Loria owes it close to $2,000, and confiscated his last paycheck.

"There's people in my unit right now – one of my team leaders over in Iraq with me, is doing everything he can to help me .... but it's looking bleak," Loria said by telephone from Fort Hood yesterday. "It's coming up on Christmas and I have no way of getting home."

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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 04:04 PM
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1. Great to see the government is "supporting" the troops...
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UL_Approved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 04:11 PM
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2. Insult upon injury
Rome wouldn't even do this to its soldiers. Even the worst empires of ancient times took care of its millitary.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 04:12 PM
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3. see followup to story
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