Probe Into Remains At Top US War Cemetery

[EnglishLady]

Sky News Dec 3

A criminal investigation has been launched at America's top military cemetery after the remains of eight people were found in a single grave marked 'unknown'.

Records at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington showed there was only one set of cremated remains interred in the grave

But in late October officials became aware of "questionable practices" and asked the Army's Criminal Investigation Command (CIC) look into allegations involving multiple burials.

Arlington spokeswoman Kaitlin Horst says investigators have now identified three of the sets of remains. One set could not be identified and has been reburied.

A top military forensic anthropologist from Hawaii was called in.

The probe comes on top of revelations earlier this year that more than 200 graves had been mismarked on cemetery maps

It also emerged that at least four urns had been unearthed and dumped in an area for excess dirt.

CIC spokesman Christopher Grey the earlier problems might have been due to human error.

But the placement of eight urns in one grave was " unlikely to be by mistake."

Three hundred thousand people are buried at Arlington, which was officially designated as a military cemetery in 1864.

More than four million people visit the site each year, many from abroad.

 

[greg334]

Sue,
See no one really give a crap. It is so WRONG that this is not getting the right press or that the people don't care.

It isn't important to them like say Wikileaks or what is going on in congress to stop giving so much to rich people.

It's like the country doesn't get the scarifice of those who are or have been in combat nor care. Most of the country doesn't know what war we are fighting and think it is alright that some idiot give out information to our enemy.

There should be a big deal made in this case, and nothing has yet happened. The congress hasn't done much nor has the president.

 

[EnglishLady]

Sue,
See no one really give a crap. It is so WRONG that this is not getting the right press or that the people don't care.

It isn't important to them like say Wikileaks or what is going on in congress to stop giving so much to rich people.

It's like the country doesn't get the scarifice of those who are or have been in combat nor care. Most of the country doesn't know what war we are fighting and think it is alright that some idiot give out information to our enemy.

There should be a big deal made in this case, and nothing has yet happened. The congress hasn't done much nor has the president.

That's awful - how could they not care about this

 

[greg334]

Because this country is made up of foolish people. They are more in tune with what's happening to the latest celebuslut than they are what's in Washington or even their own city.

I think we are a lazy society, not caring to do much for or about others and many would rather be mesmerized by sports events than to learn events that affect them.

The one thing that has been going on in the last week is the bush tax changes that were passed in 2001. More people are concern with seeing the "rich" stop being given so much money and not about what affect it will have on the economy if it doesn't get passed.