[lbo-talk] homeless Iraq vets

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Dec 9 07:13:30 PST 2004


[via Sam Smith's Progressive Review]

IRAQ VETS SHOWING UP AT HOMELESS SHELTERS http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041207-121848-6449r.htm

UPI - U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are beginning to show up at homeless shelters around the country, and advocates fear they are the leading edge of a new generation of homeless vets not seen since the Vietnam era. "When we already have people from Iraq on the streets, my God," said Linda Boone, executive director of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. "I have talked to enough (shelters) to know we are getting them. It is happening and this nation is not prepared for that."



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