LSA ANACONDA, Iraq — The woman named Sabah is wearing a black dress and scarf as she sits across the desk from Sgt. Jonathan Fondow inside a small trailer. “Please tell her we’re extremely sorry and we know no amount can replace her loss,” Fondow, an Army paralegal, says through the interpreter. Sabah’s body stiffens, her expression suspended between grimace and… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesDuring my military service the “price of one American life” was a $10,000 life insurance payment.
Is it now equal to one year’s income as with the Iraqi?
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