Few injured ill troops get disability pay
Washington AP reports that the military disability system often fails to meet needs. Fewer than 10 percent of applicants receive long term disability payments, and about a third of injured National Guard and Reserve veterans wait over four months for a decision. Soldiers say benefits are inadequate and time is costly, while officials defend the system as measuring fitness for duty rather than sacrifice.
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Iraq
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Attacks on Churches in Iraq Kill 11, Wound 50
Coordinated blasts hit five churches in Baghdad and Mosul during Sunday services, killing 11 and wounding more than 50. Separate violence including a Mosul car bombing, roadside bombs, and a drive by shooting raised the death toll and heightened fears of minority Christians amid the insurgency.
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Fawaz Fanaan
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Muatada al-Sadr
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Mohammed Fadil al- Samara’i
Iraqi Islamic Party
U.S. Army
Police again turn to landfill in missing wife case
Salt Lake City police again search a municipal landfill in the Lori Hacking disappearance after Mark Hacking directed a relative to share new information. Cadaver dogs arrive Friday as volunteers paused searches for safety, with officers confirming only that new substantive details emerged.
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Lori Hacking
Mark
Dwayne Baird
Baird
Douglas
Janet Hacking
Eraldo Soares
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University of Utah
Gunmen disrupt Fatah reform conference in Nablus
Masked militants from the Al Awda Brigades burst into a Fatah reform meeting in Nablus, firing over heads of officials and prompting the gathering to break up. The letter from Fatah leaders urged reform and warned corrupt officials are abusing power, amid new pressure on Yasser Arafat. Mohammed Dahlan threatened large protests if reforms did not begin within 10 days.
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