Injured Iraq war veteran forced to pay back compensation
10:00 PM CDT on Friday, October 17, 2008
By BYRON HARRIS / WFAA-TV
A News 8 investigation finds that thousands of wounded American war veterans are being wounded twice.
First by the agonizing injuries they suffer in the Iraq war and then by our own military, concerned more about cash than their lives.
For five years, thousands of wounded American vets have been hounded by a bill collector - the very army they served in.
They got discharged because they're wounded. They get a check to compensate them for their wounds.
Then the military tries to get it back.
News 8 has discovered cruel financial practices engaged in by the military, with the full knowledge of Congress.
They combine to increase the pain for wounded men and women who are already suffering.
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