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This article appeared in the October 16, 2006 edition of The Nation.

September 27, 2006

THE VOICE OF MILITARY FAMILIES

Davis, Calif.

My son is in the 172nd Stryker Brigade (Army). It recently had its one-year deployment to Iraq extended while in the midst of deploying back to the United States. He is one of the 400 soldiers who had made it back to Fairbanks, Alaska. A few days later he was informed that he was going to be sent back to Iraq. His brigade has been sent to Baghdad to save the occupation.

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About David Rieff

David Rieff, who reported from Iraq for The New York Times Magazine, is the author of, most recently, At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention (Simon & Schuster). He is currently at work on a book about Islam in Europe. more...
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