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Two Soldiers From The East Bay Die In Iraq
The high cost of war hits home in the Bay Area with the loss of two more young soldiers. Both of them were teenagers just out of high school. Both of them were from the East Bay.
19-year-old Marine Lance Corporal Travis Layfield of Fremont died Tuesday while fighting in Iraq's Anbar province.
Also killed on Tuesday was 18-year-old Kyle Crowley of San Ramon. Marine officials told his family he died in a fierce gunfight east of Ramadi.
19-year-old Marine Lance Corporal Travis Layfield of Fremont died Tuesday while fighting in Iraq's Anbar province.
Also killed on Tuesday was 18-year-old Kyle Crowley of San Ramon. Marine officials told his family he died in a fierce gunfight east of Ramadi.
http://cbs5.com/news/local/2004/04/08/High_Cost_of_War_Hits_Home.html
Family and friends gathered Thursday in Fremont to remember Layfield, 19, who was killed by hostile fire Tuesday in Iraq. They recalled a young man who, from almost Day One, was fascinated with the military, wars, soldiers and guns.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/the_valley/8392562.htm
"I was pretty much against Kyle joining. I was fearful of his safety," Mark Crowley said, adding that joining the military helped his son mature.
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Crowley was one of three Bay Area service people to die in Iraq since the weekend.
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1773494&nav=5D7lMANV
Kyle had wanted to be a Marine for years, Kaempf said. He insisted his father "pre-enter" him at 16, and sign the needed permission papers. He joined the corps right out of high school, graduating from Del Amigo High in June 2003. On leave from boot camp, he visited Cal High in his uniform, talking to his old teachers about his new life as a soldier.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/8383339.htm
Steve Speights, 18, who recalled that Crowley wanted to be the kind of Marine who would go behind enemy lines. "He wanted to be in the most gnarly position. He knew what he was getting himself into.''
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Reneau said, recalling that Crowley had visited the campus in December wearing his Marine uniform. "He was so proud. He stood taller. He just looked so mature.''
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/09/BAGIR62HHK42.DTL
Family and friends gathered Thursday in Fremont to remember Layfield, 19, who was killed by hostile fire Tuesday in Iraq. They recalled a young man who, from almost Day One, was fascinated with the military, wars, soldiers and guns.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/the_valley/8392562.htm
"I was pretty much against Kyle joining. I was fearful of his safety," Mark Crowley said, adding that joining the military helped his son mature.
...
Crowley was one of three Bay Area service people to die in Iraq since the weekend.
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1773494&nav=5D7lMANV
Kyle had wanted to be a Marine for years, Kaempf said. He insisted his father "pre-enter" him at 16, and sign the needed permission papers. He joined the corps right out of high school, graduating from Del Amigo High in June 2003. On leave from boot camp, he visited Cal High in his uniform, talking to his old teachers about his new life as a soldier.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/8383339.htm
Steve Speights, 18, who recalled that Crowley wanted to be the kind of Marine who would go behind enemy lines. "He wanted to be in the most gnarly position. He knew what he was getting himself into.''
...
Reneau said, recalling that Crowley had visited the campus in December wearing his Marine uniform. "He was so proud. He stood taller. He just looked so mature.''
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/09/BAGIR62HHK42.DTL
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they were volunteers, and they volunteered to go and kill people who had done absolutely nothing to them.
that makes them murderers. filthy murderers who obey illegal orders.
folks, some 10,000+ civilians have died in iraq because of scumbags like these following orders.
in fallujah, more than 300 have died in retaliation for the killing of 4 paid mercenaries. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT IS A WAR CRIME.
these soliders had choices - the iraqis do not. all either of them had to do was to walk up to their CO and say "i am a homosexual" and they would be outta there, and they would not have to particiapte in mass murder and war crimes.
so i hope their families cry all fucking night long for their little murdering bastards. the quickest way for this bullshit to end is for more and more and more american soldiers to fucking die and for their mommies and daddies to cry, cry, cry.
don't try to tell me that they were victims. they had choices, goddamnit. next year there will be a draft and the choices will be harder, but americans will STILL have choices, while iraqis have no choice at all.
and if you think kerry will make things better, you're wrong. he wants to send an additional 40,000 troops to iraq.
support the troops that shoot their officers. support the troops that refuse to obey. support the troops that go AWOL.
but not one fucking tear for murdering filth like this, not for their flag waving, murder-enabling familes.
that makes them murderers. filthy murderers who obey illegal orders.
folks, some 10,000+ civilians have died in iraq because of scumbags like these following orders.
in fallujah, more than 300 have died in retaliation for the killing of 4 paid mercenaries. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT IS A WAR CRIME.
these soliders had choices - the iraqis do not. all either of them had to do was to walk up to their CO and say "i am a homosexual" and they would be outta there, and they would not have to particiapte in mass murder and war crimes.
so i hope their families cry all fucking night long for their little murdering bastards. the quickest way for this bullshit to end is for more and more and more american soldiers to fucking die and for their mommies and daddies to cry, cry, cry.
don't try to tell me that they were victims. they had choices, goddamnit. next year there will be a draft and the choices will be harder, but americans will STILL have choices, while iraqis have no choice at all.
and if you think kerry will make things better, you're wrong. he wants to send an additional 40,000 troops to iraq.
support the troops that shoot their officers. support the troops that refuse to obey. support the troops that go AWOL.
but not one fucking tear for murdering filth like this, not for their flag waving, murder-enabling familes.
Don't blame them. Don't alienate them. They are the only ones with the power to stop this war.
And yeah, it's been done before.
See:
http://www.geocities.com/cordobakaf/gis.html
And yeah, it's been done before.
See:
http://www.geocities.com/cordobakaf/gis.html
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