900 US kids lost a parent in Iraq - so far - most age 10 and under

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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000738857


Another Iraq Casualty: Nearly 900 U.S. Kids Lost a Parent in War, Scripps Finds


The escalating toll of American dead in Iraq is causing another tragedy that cuts deeper. After studying casualty reports and obituaries and accounts in hometown newspapers, and also conducting family interviews, Scripps Howard News Service has identified nearly 900 U.S. children who have lost a parent in the war.

At least half are under the age of ten. More than 40 troops died without ever seeing their newly born children. At least 60 children lost parents last month.

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"This is a new state of affairs we have to confront," said Charles Moskos, a leading military sociologist and a Northwestern University professor. “As much as we are concerned about veterans' programs, we now have to be concerned about orphan programs. This is the first time we have crossed this threshold."

Among the parents who died, according to Scripps, were six female soldiers who had borne a total of 10 children, which Hoffman and Rainville termed “another historic first for females in the U.S. military.”
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the bloody hands don't care

[ET Awful]

1. I don't want to be a daddy because daddies die,"

From the mouth of a 4 year old boy that lost his father:

http://www.postherald.com/nw121604.shtml