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Denver Post
Pentagon eyes mass graves
Option would fight contamination after bioterror deaths

By Greg Seigle
Special to The Denver Post

Friday, January 24, 2003 - WASHINGTON - The bodies of U.S. soldiers killed by
chemical or biological weapons in Iraq or future wars may be bulldozed into mass
graves and burned to save the lives of surviving troops, under an option being
considered by the Pentagon.

Since the Korean War, the U.S. military has taken great pride in bringing home its war
dead, returning bodies to next of kin for flag-draped, taps-sounding funerals complete
with 21-gun salutes.

But the 53-year-old tradition could come to an abrupt halt if large numbers of soldiers
are killed by chemical or biological agents, according to a proposal quietly circulating
through Pentagon corridors.