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US Air Force dumped cremated remains of 274 troops in a landfill before halting secretive practice
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 48705" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p>This is totally disgusting! I don't trust the U.S. government about anything. They lie to the public about EVERYTHING.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/remains-274-us-troops-dumped-landfill-report-081234306.html" target="_blank">US Air Force dumped cremated remains of 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice </a></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 12px">December 8, 2011 - </span></span>The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, the Washington Post reported Thursday.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The procedure was never formally authorized or disclosed to senior Pentagon officials, who conducted a review of the cremation policies of Dover Air Base -- the main point of entry for US war dead -- in 2008, the Post said.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Nor was the dumping ever disclosed to the families of the fallen troops, who had authorized the military to dispose of the remains in a respectful and dignified manner, the Post said, citing Air Force officials.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The newspaper quoted officials as saying that a precise count of the remains disposed of at a Virginia landfill would require searching through the records of 6,300 troops whose remains have passed through Dover since 2001.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">An additional group of 1,762 remains -- which could not undergo DNA testing because they were badly damaged or burned -- were also disposed of in this manner, the Post said, citing the Air Force.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Defense officials could not immediately be reached for comment.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Last month investigators said they had found "gross mismanagement" at the US Air Force mortuary, with body parts lost and remains mishandled.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">After allegations from whistle-blowers, an Air Force probe found that two "portions of the remains" of fallen troops had been lost and uncovered other problems at the morgue.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">New procedures have been put in place at the mortuary and the commander at the morgue, a colonel, together with two civilian officials were disciplined over the episode but not sacked.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The Dover affair echoes a scandal that erupted last year at Arlington National Cemetery, the country's hallowed ground for war dead. Investigators there uncovered cases of misidentified remains and mismanagement.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Following an Army probe, the conduct at Arlington is now the subject of a criminal investigation.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/remains-274-us-troops-dumped-landfill-report-081234306.html" target="_blank">SOURCE</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 48705, member: 2770"] This is totally disgusting! I don't trust the U.S. government about anything. They lie to the public about EVERYTHING. [SIZE=5][URL='http://news.yahoo.com/remains-274-us-troops-dumped-landfill-report-081234306.html']US Air Force dumped cremated remains of 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice [/URL][/SIZE] [INDENT=1][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]December 8, 2011 - [/SIZE][/SIZE]The US Air Force dumped the cremated, partial remains of at least 274 troops in a landfill before halting the secretive practice in 2008, the Washington Post reported Thursday.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]The procedure was never formally authorized or disclosed to senior Pentagon officials, who conducted a review of the cremation policies of Dover Air Base -- the main point of entry for US war dead -- in 2008, the Post said.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]Nor was the dumping ever disclosed to the families of the fallen troops, who had authorized the military to dispose of the remains in a respectful and dignified manner, the Post said, citing Air Force officials.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]The newspaper quoted officials as saying that a precise count of the remains disposed of at a Virginia landfill would require searching through the records of 6,300 troops whose remains have passed through Dover since 2001.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]An additional group of 1,762 remains -- which could not undergo DNA testing because they were badly damaged or burned -- were also disposed of in this manner, the Post said, citing the Air Force.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]Defense officials could not immediately be reached for comment.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]Last month investigators said they had found "gross mismanagement" at the US Air Force mortuary, with body parts lost and remains mishandled.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]After allegations from whistle-blowers, an Air Force probe found that two "portions of the remains" of fallen troops had been lost and uncovered other problems at the morgue.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]New procedures have been put in place at the mortuary and the commander at the morgue, a colonel, together with two civilian officials were disciplined over the episode but not sacked.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]The Dover affair echoes a scandal that erupted last year at Arlington National Cemetery, the country's hallowed ground for war dead. Investigators there uncovered cases of misidentified remains and mismanagement.[/INDENT] [INDENT=1]Following an Army probe, the conduct at Arlington is now the subject of a criminal investigation.[/INDENT] [URL='http://news.yahoo.com/remains-274-us-troops-dumped-landfill-report-081234306.html']SOURCE[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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