対イラク武力行使

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/BrianRoss/story?id=1894152&page=1
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Congressman Calls It 'Financial Friendly Fire';
Military Blames Payroll Errors


Hundreds of soldiers wounded in battle in Iraq have found themselves
fighting off bill collectors on the home front, according to a report to
be released tomorrow.The draft report by the Government Accountability
Office,which ABC News obtained,said that hundreds of wounded soldiers
had military debts incurred through no fault of their own turned over to
collection agencies
イラクで負傷した何百人もの兵士達が
国内で借金取りに追われている
明日報告されるリポートによれば
ABCニュースが得た政府のオフィスによる報告は何百という負傷した兵士達が
彼らのせいではなく、軍の負債が借金取り立て人に引き渡されるようにした
そうです

"Financial friendly fire,"said Rep.Tom Davis,R-Va., chairman of the
House Committee on Government Reform."Because their financial records
are so bad,this is a friendly fire where we are hurting and wounding
our own."
「金銭的な味方の誤射」トム・デイビス、政府の改革に関する委員会の会長
「彼らの金融の記録が非常に良くないので、まさに味方による誤射です」

Army specialist Tyson Johnson of Mobile,Ala., had just been promoted
in a field ceremony in Iraq when a mortar round exploded outside
his tent,almost killing him
アババマ州出身陸軍のタイソン・ジョンソン特技官はイラクで昇進しました
テントの外に迫撃砲が着弾し、重傷を負いました

"It took my kidney,my left kidney,shrapnel came in through my head,
back of my head,"he recounted
「左の腎臓を失い、砲弾の破片が頭の後ろに刺さりました」

His injuries forced him out of the military,and the Army demanded
he repay an enlistment bonus of $2,700 because he'd only served
two-thirds of his three-year tour
怪我の為、軍を除隊することになりましたが
軍から2700ドルの返還を求められました
任務期間三年間の三分のニしか務めなかったからです

When he couldn't pay,Johnson's account was turned over to bill
collectors.He ended up living out of his car when the Army reported him
to credit agencies as having bad debts,making it impossible for him to
rent an apartment
お金が返せなかった為、ジョンソン特技兵は差し押さえを受け
車の中で生活することになってしまいました
軍の報告でジョンソン氏は信用格付けのブラックリストに載り
アパートを借りることもできなくなりました

"Oh,man,I felt betrayed,"Johnson said.
"I felt like, oh, my heart dropped."
「本当に裏切られた気分です」

And there are many more like Johnson

The Army said it moved wounded soldiers out of the battlefield
so quickly its accounting office could not keep up,
resulting in numerous payroll errors
負傷した兵士は戦場から速やかに運び出される為
会計員が状況を把握できないのが原因だと軍は言っています

"This is no way to win a war,I can tell you that," said Davis
「こんなことでは戦争には勝てません」

But the Army said it is now trying to correct the problem
the Army has forgiven most of their debts
軍は問題を修正すると言っています
レポートに出てきた二人の兵士の借金の大半は帳消しになったそうです

But Davis said there may be thousands more whose thanks for putting
their lives on the line has been a knock on the door from a Pentagon
debt collector
命を懸けて国に奉仕したのに、国防総省の死の集金人に付きまとわれている
元兵士が何千人もいるということです


明日議会で公聴会が行われます


1300 soldiers injured or killed in line of duty

Incurred $1.5 million in military debt

Source：GAO



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