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Wounded Iraqi Forces Say They’ve Been Abandoned
Jul 1 2008, Pooja

Dawoud Ameen, a former Iraqi soldier, lay in bed, his shattered legs splayed before him, worrying about the rent for his family of five.

Mr. Ameen’s legs were shredded by shrapnel from a roadside bomb in September 2006 and now, like many wounded...

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