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, [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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During 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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