Yet another casualty of Iraq...makes me sick...
posted by MedfordTim 07/05/2008 11:48:50 PM EST
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Remember this photo from the first month of the Iraq invasion?
That was then, this is now...
A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war has died of an apparent overdose, police said.
Joseph Patrick Dwyer died last week at a hospital in Pinehurst, according to the Boles Funeral Home. He was 31.
Fuck all you people who think this monstrous stupidity was "worth it." George Bush's pissy fit with Saddam Hussein and his oil pals desire for more wealth will reverberate for the next 50 years. All built on lies.
Last week, Dwyer called a local taxi service to take him to the hospital after an apparent overdose, Capt. Floyd Thomas of the Pinehurst Police Department told the Fayetteville Observer. When the driver arrived, Dwyer said he couldn't get to the door, according to a police report.
Police kicked in the door at Dwyer's request, and he was taken by ambulance to a Pinehurst hospital. Thomas said bottles of prescription pills were found near Dwyer when police arrived. The former medic died later the night of June 28, according to authorities.
Will the name of Joseph Patrick Dwyer be added to the other 4113 (as of today) names of those killed in Iraq? He may have taken the pills in North Carolina, but I can tell you with certainty that he was still mentally in Iraq.
...such a waste...
Added: I realized I left out a link to the story. Here's one that's a little more detailed.
