Soldier killed in Iraq had feared returning to `hell on earth'

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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/15760905.htm

<snip>At first, he helped to train Iraqi soldiers. As the months went on, he reported to his fiancée that the violence was constant, especially at night, Gooden said.

In March, a roadside bomb had exploded 30 feet from his vehicle in Taji. It cracked the windshield and the headlights, and knocked him unconscious.

He recovered, but when he came back to South Florida the next month for an Easter break, he revealed that he had begun to fear the worst.

''I am going back to hell on earth and I don't know if I will be back,'' he told Monica Burke. He didn't want to go back, the family said.

It was an uncharacteristic slip for a soldier who was constantly trying to put his family and friends at ease.

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. Bushco put these young people through hell and death for oil

We can never forget that.

[bronxiteforever]

2. what a waste-how many good people have died in this evil war

the iraqis, the soldiers, policeman. adults and children and babies.

[Swede]

3. And 30% of the populace don't give a fuck.

What is wrong with these people.

[genie_weenie]

4. Hooray for our side...

No Justice.

When people of freedom
Can't see what they found,
They might as well
Realize their mission. ~~~Byron