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Thursday, October 16, 2003
Letter home from Iraq turns out to be not so personal

Identical letters were released and signed by soldiers who "AGREED WITH THE MESSAGE."
The letters were published at a time when surveys show Americans have growing doubts about the U.S. mission in Iraq
"All we know here is that some unit?s commander decided that what he wanted to do was write a letter to some of the Gannett newspapers ... and a number of people in his unit decided that was a good idea and they wanted to do it, too,? Air Force Col. Jay DeFrank, the Pentagon?s director of media operations, said Monday"

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