B2431 wrote:
From: c
Date: 11/8/2003 9:42 AM Central Standard Time
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Don't Mention the Dead
When the body of US soldier Artimus Brassfield was flown to the
military mortuary at Dover, Delaware, there were no TV pictures of a
flag-covered coffin and hero's salute - the White House has banned
media coverage at the base. But can Bush's efforts to hide the body
bags quell growing public disquiet over the death toll in Iraq?
by Gary Younge
story is he
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1107-01.htm

Published on Friday, November 7, 2003 by the Guardian/UK

This has been the official Pentagon policy since 1991. Nice try.

So what? It's not a law and, even if it was, it could and should be changed.
It's a matter of showing respect and, if there happens to be a political price
to pay to do that, then so be it. There's a price being paid for not doing it
and the longer making that change is put off, the higher that price becomes.
It's the President's choice, and he's the one who's going to pay if he guesses
wrong.

George Z.