"I feel deceived. We thought he was alive. The Army told us he was alive and that he had been captured. We held out hope for a long time." -- Griselda Duran, Jimenez's aunt
What, the Army lied? First Lynch, then Tillman, and now this guy?
Sigh.
Can't believe a damn word the military says.
"Fallen soldier's remains taken home to Lawrence; Supporters greet motorcade for Jimenez" by David Abel, Globe Staff | July 26, 2008LAWRENCE - As the flashing lights of police motorcycles came into view on Interstate 93, where troopers yesterday briefly stopped traffic, tears streamed down somber faces, and flags rose from a ribbon-covered Methuen overpass, where a crowd gathered to welcome home the fallen soldier.
About fourteen months ago, Army Staff Sergeant Alex R. Jimenez disappeared after insurgents ambushed his convoy as it traveled west of Mahmudiyah, Iraq. The military recovered his remains on July 8 west of Jurf As Sukhr, and yesterday, state and local police escorted a hearse carrying his casket from Hanscom Air Force Base to the church where he received his First Communion.
Accompanied by the Patriot Guard Riders and Rolling Thunder, motorcycle groups that honor fallen veterans, the motorcade turned back onto Jackson Street and passed City Hall, where hundreds of people stood outside and held signs honoring Jimenez.
The rumbling procession ended at St. Mary of the Assumption church, with hundreds more people there to show solidarity.
A dozen of Jimenez's cousins, who drove up from New York City, where the soldier was born. They described a mix of grief and anger after their hopes that their 25-year-old cousin would return home alive were dashed.
"I feel deceived," said Griselda Duran, Jimenez's aunt. "We thought he was alive. The Army told us he was alive and that he had been captured. We held out hope for a long time."
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Yeah, we all feel deceived when it come to Iraq -- because WE WERE and ARE!!!!
