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Military hospital sets up morgue, doubles staff in preparation for Fallujah assault
AP ^ | 11.05.04 | Jim Krane

Posted on 11/05/2004 3:37:51 AM PST by 4kevin

The combat hospital on the chief U.S. base near Fallujah has set up a morgue and doubled medical staff and supplies in preparation for an expected stream of casualties from an anticipated assault on the rebel stronghold.

''We've had 20 to 30 casualties on a given day here. We expect maybe double that on a serious day. And we can handle them,'' Capt. Eric Lovell, a Navy doctor, said Thursday at the base hospital, a low concrete building announced by a sign saying ''Cheaters of Death.''

The hospital added a Marine Mortuary Affairs team last month, a unit charged with identifying dead troops, cataloguing their personal effects and preparing their bodies for the flight to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

The morgue team counts 16 reservists trained in handling corpses of U.S. troops as well as Iraqi civilians and fighters that arrive at the hospital here, said Commander Lach Noyes, a Navy surgeon. The morgue team also travels to bomb scenes to recover body parts and corpses that need to be extracted from vehicles, Noyes said.

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KEYWORDS: fallujahassault; iraq
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To: Victor
If you are being sarcastic, please explain to me why we need risk even one hero's life for these sub-human creatures when we have the capability to deal with this situation much like the Romans dealt with Carthage?

No. I'm weary of this "Nuke/MOAB everyone!!" approach. It's been argued ad nauseam. And yes, sarcasm was dripping from my post.

41 posted on 11/05/2004 6:19:13 AM PST by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Coop; mabelkitty
The dems meltdown is in full swing. I don't think I will be having any more conversations with this person.

She decided to continue her rant to others who reported it as well and has been escorted out of the building.

What is with the left who feel that its is the Presidents job to give you a job that pays 100K when they will not take any initiative to help themselves. Ranting about how we are killing Iraqis. Do they think my boys enjoying killing those who are aiming RPGs at them?
42 posted on 11/05/2004 6:29:29 AM PST by boxerblues (www.ohbluestarmothers.org)
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To: Coop
Fair enough, I'm weary of the "nuke 'em all" crowd, too.

One thing is clear: we need to make an example out of Fallujah.

I just don't want to see even ONE American casualty as we do this.

43 posted on 11/05/2004 6:29:38 AM PST by Victor
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To: Coop
Fair enough, I'm weary of the "nuke 'em all" crowd, too.

One thing is clear: we need to make an example out of Fallujah.

I just don't want to see even ONE American casualty as we do this.

44 posted on 11/05/2004 6:30:17 AM PST by Victor
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To: Dog
**Fox is reporting at the top of the hour newsbreak....all roads into Fallujah are now sealed. **

Last night I read that Arab reporters were getting out of Fallujah - I wonder how many of those were actually terrorists.

45 posted on 11/05/2004 6:32:32 AM PST by mrs tiggywinkle (four more years sound leadership! Go Bush!!!)
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To: SpookBrat
Amen to that Psalm, Spookie.

Prayer heavenward for our brave military <>

46 posted on 11/05/2004 6:33:16 AM PST by mrs tiggywinkle (four more years sound leadership! Go Bush!!!)
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To: 4kevin

God bless and protect our heros. And their families.

Prairie


47 posted on 11/05/2004 6:36:01 AM PST by prairiebreeze (George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
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To: boxerblues

Good men are going into harms way and good men are going to die; the fact that we will win is not in doubt. Our soldiers will be victorious in battle.

The only campaign that remains to be fought is the battle here, on the home front with those who cannot see and will not ever understand why our fathers and sons prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.


48 posted on 11/05/2004 6:37:15 AM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: boxerblues
"and has been escorted out of the building."


49 posted on 11/05/2004 6:41:48 AM PST by prairiebreeze (George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

They dont want to understand, all that matters to them is themselves. they dont want to admit that others have to fight to give them the freedoms they enjoy. Everything must be handed to them on a silver platter by the sweat of others.

My nerves are a mess over this, I know we are going to lose soldiers, it may not be my son but it will be somebodies son and we will all feel the pain.


50 posted on 11/05/2004 6:44:12 AM PST by boxerblues (www.ohbluestarmothers.org)
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To: prairiebreeze
This persons rant was that bad, she was a raving lunatic, nothing that a rational person could even fathom
51 posted on 11/05/2004 6:46:19 AM PST by boxerblues (www.ohbluestarmothers.org)
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To: Coop
It's such a shame that someone with your knowledge of battle tactics and military strategy is posting here instead of running the show...

LOL!

52 posted on 11/05/2004 6:49:18 AM PST by AB AB AB (Dan Rather: "I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.")
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To: boxerblues

Your last line: Don't even go there.
She's obviously rattled you, so I think you should take the rest of the day off.

Glad to find out she was escorted out of the building - these types usually develop into full-blown domestic terrorists because they never learned the word "no".


53 posted on 11/05/2004 6:52:49 AM PST by mabelkitty (Blackwell for Governor in 2006!!!)
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To: boxerblues

My husband had a lib some completely unglued on the phone. It was the "trailer-trash, stooopid Southerners with low IQ's that re-elected Bush" rant. Breathtaking and took husband completely by surprise about this guy.

Prairie


54 posted on 11/05/2004 6:53:33 AM PST by prairiebreeze (George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
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To: johnb838

FNC said that women and children are being allowed; nay, encouraged, to leave Fallujah. Men are being IDd and detained.

All roads sealed.

Friendly press kicked out of Fallujah days ago.

Yup, sounds like the Interim Iraqi Government is going to have to rebuild a city from the ground up.


55 posted on 11/05/2004 7:12:52 AM PST by HiJinx (Time to spend political capital ~ Enforce 200 ~ Close the Borders!)
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To: mrs tiggywinkle

The story indicated that the terrorists kicked out the newsies because they wouldn't broadcast the terrorists' doctored videos of dead civilians.

Al-Jazeera was not one of the networks kicked out. That should tell you something.


56 posted on 11/05/2004 7:17:49 AM PST by HiJinx (Time to spend political capital ~ Enforce 200 ~ Close the Borders!)
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To: Dog

God bless the proud fighters for freedom and liberty, both Americans and all their allies (INCLUDING IRAQIs)


57 posted on 11/05/2004 7:19:58 AM PST by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: prairiebreeze

Good grief...or good riddance?


58 posted on 11/05/2004 7:21:28 AM PST by Gil4
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To: AdmSmith

I wonder where Ollie is today?


59 posted on 11/05/2004 7:23:50 AM PST by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: 4kevin
cross the t's, dot the i's, and Let's Roll.

Sounds like this offensive is being planned very well indictating a MAJOR offensive.

60 posted on 11/05/2004 7:25:40 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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