Army letter from Iraq creates national stir

LEDYARD KING GANNETT NEWS SERVICE The Olympian Online

WASHINGTON -- An Army spokesman maintained Monday that commanders have no knowledge of a letter-writing campaign involving soldiers whose names appeared on form letters to newspapers promoting their accomplishments in Iraq.
"Some soldiers wrote some letters independently. I guess that's what happened," said Lt. Col. Bill MacDonald, who is with the 4th Infantry Division that is heading operations in north-central Iraq. "Nobody I have spoken to in the chain of command knows where these letters came from."

The Olympian received two of the letters, and opted not to publish them as letters to the editor because the paper does not accept form letters.

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