Two Soldiers Who Wrote NYT Op-Ed Dead

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This is sad. Earlier, I posted this, a story about seven soldiers who wrote an op-ed for The New York Times called, "The War as We Saw It." At the time of the article, one of the soldiers was recovering from a gunshot to the head. Sadly, two of those soldiers have now been killed.

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Two of Seven Soldiers Who Wrote 'NYT' Op-Ed Die in Iraq

NEW YORK The Op-Ed by seven active duty U.S. soldiers in Iraq questioning the war drew international attention just three weeks ago. Now two of the seven are dead.

Sgt. Omar Mora and Sgt. Yance T. Gray died Monday in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad, two of seven U.S. troops killed in the incident which was reported just as Gen. David Petraeus was about to report to Congress on progress in the "surge." The names have just been released.

Gen. Petraeus was questioned about the message of the op-ed in testimony before a Senate committee yesterday. . .

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