Army doctor claims in Iraq tour he cut off soldier's genitals 1 to 2 times per day

[SplitDik (imported)]

Article about war injuries in Iraq war: http://www.sternfannetwork.com/forum/ar ... 06466.html

Published on Thursday, January 4, 2007 by the Inter Press Service

Iraq Vets Left in Physical and Mental Agony

by Aaron Glantz

On New Year's Eve, the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq passed 3,000. By Tuesday, the death toll had reached 3,004 -- 31 more than died in the Sep. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

But the number of injured has far outstripped the dead, with the Veterans Administration reporting that more than 150,000 veterans of the Iraq war are receiving disability benefits.

Advances in military technology are keeping the death rate much lower than during the Vietnam War and World War Two, Dr. Col. Vito Imbascini, an urologist and state surgeon with the California Army National Guard, told IPS, but soldiers who survive attacks are often severely disabled for life.

"If you lost an arm or a leg in Vietnam, you were also tremendously injured in your chest and abdomen, which were not protected by the armour plates back then," he said. "Now, your heart and chest and lungs and heart are protected by armour, leaving only your extremities exposed."

Dr. Imbascini just returned from a four-month deployment to Germany, where he treated the worst of the U.S. war wounded. He said that an extremely high number of wounded soldiers are coming home with their arms or legs amputated. Imbascini said he amputated the genitals of one or two men every day.

"I walk into the operating room and the general surgeons are doing their work and there is the body of this Navy SEAL, which is a physical specimen to behold," he told IPS. "And his abdomen is open, they're exploring both intestines. He's missing both legs below the knee, one arm is blown off, he's got incisions on his thighs to relieve the pressure on the parts of the legs that are hopefully gonna survive and there's genital injuries, and you just want to cry."

According to documents obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, 25 percent of veterans of the "global war on terror" have filed disability compensation and pension benefit claims with the Veterans Benefits Administration.

One is a Jul. 20, 2006, document titled "Compensation and Pension Benefit Activity Among Veterans of the Global War on Terrorism," which shows that 152,669 veterans filed disability claims after fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. Of the more than 100,000 claims granted, Veterans Administration records show at least 1,502 veterans have been compensated as 100 percent disabled.

Pentagon studies show that 12 percent of soldiers who have served in Iraq suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. The group Veterans for America, formerly the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, estimates 70,000 Iraq war veterans have gone to the VA for mental health care.

New guidelines released by the Pentagon released last month allow commanders to redeploy soldiers suffering from traumatic stress disorders.

According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, servicemembers with "a psychiatric disorder in remission, or whose residual symptoms do not impair duty performance" may be considered for duty downrange. It lists post-traumatic stress disorder as a "treatable" problem.

"As a layman and a former soldier I think that's ridiculous," Steve Robinson, the director of Veterans Affairs for Veterans for America, told IPS.

"If I've got a soldier who's on Ambien to go to sleep and Seroquel and Qanapin and all kinds of other psychotropic meds, I don't want them to have a weapon in their hand and to be part of my team because they're a risk to themselves and to others," he said. "But apparently, the military has its own view of how well a soldier can function under those conditions and is gambling that they can be successful."

Robinson said problems with the policy are already starting to arise.

On Christmas, for example, Army Reservist James Dean barricaded himself in his father's home with several weapons and threatened to kill himself. After a 14-hour standoff with authorities, Dean was killed by a police officer after he aimed a gun at another officer, authorities told the Washington Post.

Veterans for America's Robinson told IPS that Dean, who had already served 18 months in Afghanistan, had been diagnosed with PTSD. He had just been informed that his unit would be sent to Iraq on Jan. 14.

"We call that suicide by cop," Robinson said.

After his death, Dean's friends told the Washington Post that the reservist enjoyed hunting and fishing but had lost much of his enthusiasm for life when he found out that he was being deployed to Iraq.

"When Congress comes back in session we're looking forward to accountability hearings," Robinson said. "We want to see veterans helped in the first 100 hours of the new session. We want to see the word 'veteran' somewhere in that first hundred hours."

Robinson says his organisation has also documented the existence of at least 1,000 homeless veterans of the Iraq war.

"We need to get on top of the problem of homelessness," he said. "It's too soon to be seeing homelessness. I want to be seeing a commitment from the Democratic Congress to dealing with the war and the needs of the soldiers in the first hundred hours of them coming to power."

Copyright © 2007 IPS-Inter Press Service

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He's very believable and has no reason to lie. If he's telling the truth, then that's approximately 120-200 men who lost their genitals in a four month span. I think the terrorists actual try to target male genitals. I have to also believe that an equal number may have incurred other genitals injuries. War is hell and the most hellish part is not being killed, but going home without your manhood. That has to be extremely difficult and traumatic. I'm not sure how a young man ever recovers from that, these men will never be right mentally. Sad. Certainly a land mine can mess up the lower extremities and make hamburger of your privates. That's why this doctor

amputated the genitals of one or two men

daily. You can't salvage the genitals if the damage is horrific. Maybe the military should invest in special armor protection for men to wear over their genitals.

[DeaconBlues (imported)]

Article about war injuries in Iraq war: http://www.sternfannetwork.com/forum/ar ... 06466.html

Published on Thursday, January 4, 2007 by the Inter Press Service

Iraq Vets Left in Physical and Mental Agony

by Aaron Glantz

On New Year's Eve, the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq passed 3,000.... he found out that he was being deployed to Iraq.

"When Congress comes back in session we're looking forward to accountability hearings," Robinson said. "We want to see veterans helped in the first 100 hours of the new session. We want to see the word 'veteran' somewhere in that first hundred hours."

Robinson says his organisation has also documented the existence of at least 1,000 homeless veterans of the Iraq war.

"We need to get on top of the problem of homelessness," he said. "It's too soon to be seeing homelessness. I want to be seeing a commitment from the Democratic Congress to dealing with the war and the needs of the soldiers in the first hundred hours of them coming to power."

Copyright © 2007 IPS-Inter Press Service

First off SplitDik, THANKYOU for posting this interesting (though somewhat dated) article.

Now that I have the pleasantries out of the way, I will descend into one of my characteristic hate filled hitlerian rants.

(Warning, the following is a bunch of hate filled mindless drivel spouted off by a disgruntled vetran.)

"Blah blah blah!" HAH! Well Mr. Robinson and his "Vetrans for America" and all the other "vetran's organizations" (V.F.W., American Legion, N.C.O.A., U.S.A.A., Fleet Reserve Assn., etc. etc. etc.) can just go to hell! The "Vetran's Administration" is a hopelessly mismanaged waste of taxpayer dollars and if I could, I would abolish the whole organization completely this day, and evenly distribute the budget of the VA amongst the REAL vetrans and tell them to take care of themselves - they already know how to do that and would do a much better job of it than the VA.

The VA is an organization truly, truly dedicated to NOT doing it's job. Their standing policy is to ALWAYS deny any vetran's claim at least three times before even reading it. How's that for customer service? I have TRIED to work with the VA, and you know what? ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO SAY IS "Your 'problem' is not real, it does not exist...!" And if they ever tire of saying "It is not real." then they fall back on their second line of defense: "It's not service related...!"

So, now I read that four years ago, some ding-a-ling was "

looking forward to accountability hearings...

" and here we are today... any changes thanks to these "accountability hearings?" NOPE! Things will never change, the active duty armed services and their vetrans are always going to be treated like shit, they have been since our country's birth. The only way our armed forces will be treated differently is when the "wolf is knocking at the door." This is just the way things are, it has been this way practically since there were organized military forces.... Although the Romans DID at least make a stab and providing retired legionaires with some farmlands, but the Roman politicians quickly figured out ways to get it away from them.

I readily admit, I am NOT a fair minded person when it comes to vetran's issues. But it really gets me very angry and disappointed when I see the supposed "Vetran's Advocates" and "Service Organizations" telling everyone just what a fine job they are doing to help our servicemen and women, and help our vetran's.... the ONLY people these THIEVES are helping is themselves. They can all go to hell as far as I am concerned, and the sooner the better!

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He's very believable and has no reason to lie. If he's telling the truth, then that's approximately 120-200 men who lost their genitals in a four month span. I think the terrorists actual try to target male genitals. I have to also believe that an equal number may have incurred other genitals injuries. War is hell and the most hellish part is not being killed, but going home without your manhood. That has to be extremely difficult and traumatic. I'm not sure how a young man ever recovers from that, these men will never be right mentally. Sad. Certainly a land mine can mess up the lower extremities and make hamburger of your privates. That's why this doctor

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amputated the genitals of one or two men

daily. You can't salvage the genitals if the damage is horrific. Maybe the military should invest in speci
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al armor protection for men to wear over their genitals.

There are several recent articles about the military ordering ballistic underware. This is true.

I am sure wearing them would be very uncomforatable especially in warm weather. But it would be worth it if if saves your babymaker and woman pleaser.

[Milkman (imported)]

This sort of genital loss is so very different from voluntary surgery that promises a better life for some....

[SplitDik (imported)]

There are several recent articles about the military ordering ballistic underware. This is true.

I am sure wearing them would be very uncomforatable especially in warm weather. But it would be worth it if if saves your babymaker and woman pleaser.

My underwear already withstands a lot of "ballistics".

[dualballs (imported)]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... story.html

These devastating injuries affected unit morale. And they gave rise to talk on the battlefield that some troops had made secret pacts not to help each other survive if they were so severely injured

Two military doctors this year have said publicly that they had heard talk among young Marines that some didn’t want to go on living — and had made such agreements — for cases in which they might sustain loss of their genitals. The agreement reportedly was that if they were so injured on the battlefield, their buddy would not apply a tourniquet.

Apparently the insurgents in the war on terror, have picked up on what the Germans in WWII and the Viet Cong in Vietnam employed. They both used their versions of the "Castration Mine". (Loss of Genitals = No Sex= Lowering of Morale. Not many men want to survive and be without their penises and or testicles and live perhaps 60 years or more without their manhood. Sex is everywhere now, on TV, Internet, even just walking down the street seeing sexy looking women. I am sure the prospect not having a girlfriend, a wife who may leave him etc. has to be depressing to a man. Reading many sex forums questions such as would a woman date a man without a penis, balls etc. some women say they would, but most say no, as they may enjoy oral sex they also need the feeling of a hard penis to make them feel complete in the sex act. Some castrated, cockless men may find a woman who wants them but most would have a long lonely life deprived of what every red blooded man needs, SEX.

[Eunuchorn (imported)]

Especially after a good chili dinner?