Remains of war dead dumped in landfill(Dover)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Washington Post

The Dover Air Force Base mortuary for years disposed of portions of troops’ remains by cremating them and dumping the ashes in a Virginia landfill, a practice that officials have since abandoned in favor of burial at sea.

The Dover, Del., mortuary, the main point of entry for the nation’s war dead and the target of federal investigations of alleged mishandling of remains, engaged in the practice from 2003 to 2008, according to Air Force officials. The manner of disposal was not disclosed to relatives of fallen service members.

Air Force officials acknowledged the practice Wednesday in response to inquiries from The Washington Post. They said the procedure was limited to fragments or portions of body parts that were unable to be identified at first or were later recovered from the battlefield, and which family members had said could be disposed of by the military.

Lt. Gen. Darrell G. Jones, the Air Force’s deputy chief for personnel, said the body parts were cremated, then incinerated, and then taken to a landfill by a military contractor. He likened the procedure to the disposal of medical waste.



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[Fumesucker]

1. Medical waste?

Support the troops, eh?

:mad:

[TheMadMonk]

2. Funeral practices = A reverent form of garbage disposal.

There is so much more in the world far more worthy of getting outraged over better than standard practice for disposal of medical waste. Where do you think amputated legs, old hearts and appendixes go?

[izquierdista]

11. But not fetuses

There are some* who think they should be laid to rest in a coffin.




* some who are not quite right in the head.

[devilgrrl]

3. "engaged in the practice from 2003 to 2008"

Take note freepers.

[MarkCharles]

4. Oh yes, who was President then? I remember! Of course..

Fox News will blame Obama for this one, too!

[bulloney]

5. Or Clinton.

[McCamy Taylor]

9. WTF? W. didn't give the troops a "Christian" burial? They force them to pray but then they dump them

when they are dead? This is wrong in so many ways. It proves that the forced prayer has nothing to do with savings souls and everything to do with squashing dissent.

[SpiralHawk]

6. When chickenhawk republicons lie you into a war

this is the horrible disgraceful shit you get for our sons and daughters in the services...

The lowest yet for Commander AWOL Bush, Dickie Five-Military-Deferments Cheney, and their Chickenhawk Republicon cronies.

[Bucky]

7. Respectful = dump the ashes on water. Disrespectful = dump the ashes on land.

So noted.

[hedgehog]

12. People associate land fills with garbage. Anyone who has lost a relative

on the battle field gets a certain amount of slack regarding the remains in my book.

Grieving parents who want a proper burial for a lost pregnancy also should be permitted whatever can ease their pain.

[McCamy Taylor]

8. Are we talking body parts? The Christians won't like this at all.

[atreides1]

10. Technically yes

But the remains were cremated before being thrown in the trash...so just ashes!