{"article":{"id":99197,"heading":"U.S. dope-powered soldiers (by Latuff)","author":"Latuff","created":"2004-01-02 12:14:44","modified":"2005-08-15 01:50:51","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:50:51","article":"

War is made with men and drugs...

SOLDIERS SENT TO IRAQ DESPITE POSITIVE DRUG TESTS

11\/20\/2003

Although the U.S. Army says it has a zero-tolerance policy on drugs, 21 Iowa National Guard soldiers who tested positive for drugs were sent to Iraq, the Associated Press reported Nov. 16.

The soldiers tested positive for drugs the day before they were scheduled to be deployed overseas. Army officials said that 13 soldiers from other states also tested positive for drugs but were sent to Iraq, as well.

Officials at Fort McCoy, Wis., which serves as a multi-state gathering point for Reserve and Guard troops, said a number of the soldiers took drugs with the hopes of getting caught and being sent home.

\"A positive on their drug test is not going to keep them here, unless there's a dependency issue,\" said Linda Fournier, a Fort McCoy spokeswoman. \" These units have to have so many people to go overseas.\"

The Army said it would address the drug-test results when the troops return.<\/p>\n","contact":"latuff@uninet.com.br","link":"latuff2.deviantart.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","summary":"Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff. Happy 2004!\r\n:)","numcomment":7,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2004\/01\/dope.gif","filesize":"46.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2004\/01\/99197.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2004\/01\/dope.gif"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":99199,"heading":"GIs who used drugs to get out of serving?","article":"Sounds like they're your heroes, Latuff.\r\n\r\nDrug-using cowards.","author":"kjjghg","parent_id":99197,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-02 13:53:33","modified":"2004-01-02 13:53:33","fileurl":""},{"id":99211,"heading":"12 step program","article":"Think of it as time away from their drug suppliers. When they return they will have the sense that they did something without the use of drugs. \r\n","author":"john","parent_id":99197,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-02 19:48:53","modified":"2004-01-02 19:48:53","fileurl":""},{"id":99222,"heading":"What an idiotic comment","article":"US war zones are always drug producing zones. \r\n\r\nWhat the article shows is the seperate attempt by the psycopathic bush regime to get soldiers, any soldiers, into the Iraqi quagmire asap.\r\n\r\nAnd the comment is just another attempt by the right wing nuts and racists to rewrite history for their own terrible ends.","author":"Parmenides","parent_id":99197,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-02 23:56:38","modified":"2004-01-02 23:56:38","fileurl":""},{"id":99223,"heading":"jParmenides and Lutuff","article":"jParmenides = Lutuff = Zero Intelligence.\r\n\r\nThese two bozos are in sync and out to lunch.","author":"Adult Supervisor","parent_id":99197,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-02 23:59:10","modified":"2004-01-02 23:59:10","fileurl":""},{"id":99265,"heading":"Exactly.","article":"Seems I remember a coouple months back when Parmenides offered to shelter troops refusing to go back to Iraq from leave.\r\n\r\nSo he definitely likes cowards.\r\n\r\nBirds of a feather, eh, Parm Boy?\r\n\r\nnonanarchist","author":";lliuku","parent_id":99197,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-03 14:44:56","modified":"2004-01-03 14:44:56","fileurl":""},{"id":99339,"heading":"time away from their drug suppliers","article":"Don't be so sure. The Northern Alliance of Drug Dealers in Afghanistan, alson known as the US puppet regime, will doubtless be able to supply them with whatever they want.","author":"Meyer London","parent_id":99197,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-01-04 00:15:19","modified":"2004-01-04 00:15:19","fileurl":""}]}