DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT - Remember The Iraq Seven?

The Irony is Unreal!

Remember this editorial from the New York Times which was printed a few weeks ago? The piece was entitled"The War As We Saw It". The editorial received coverage all around the world.

Well, unfortunately it has been confirmed that 2 of the 7 soldiers who authored the article have been killed in Iraq- Sgt. Omar Mora, and Sgt. Yance Gray. A third soldier from The Iraq Seven has been severely wounded in Iraq. SEE REPORT HERE.

The information regarding Mora was first broken here on Mirror On America late on Monday, September 10th (September 11th in Iraq). Someone sent me a strange, anonymous note announcing the death via the comments section...and they provided certain information that only someone acquainted with Mora would have known. But I withheld the information & didn't go with the story (I deleted the anonymous note) out of an abundance of concern that the family may not have been notified yet. I also deleted a message requesting information which I posted on Daily Kos (I deleted the article after a couple of minutes). I suspect that one of the soldiers from Iraq left the note. This was worse than I thought. I was not aware of the situation with Yance Gray or with the 3rd soldier from the group.

This ordeal just drives home the point that they were making in their editorial. There is no stronger or more honorable way that their point of view could be driven home.

The irony of this story is just unbelievable, especially coming on September 11th, and over the same 2 day period as the Petreaus report. Another sad twist in this story was the fact that the soldiers from the group... The Iraq Seven... were due to return home soon. This was one of the reasons why they chose to write the editorial when they did.

I now know that these guys have been reading my site... And yes... I am coining the phrase, The Iraq Seven. If you go back to Vietnam, there were also famous groups of soldiers like The Iraq Seven who began speaking up towards the end of that conflict.

This is the kind of story that can shake you to the core. My thoughts & prayers go out to the families.

This is a perfect time for me to take a few days off from the blogging thing. This stuff can really consume you. My mind is numb at the moment.

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