I think the reactions to the story were knee-jerk reactions based only on a first emotion. I am sure Ladydoc knows of those from her work.

The story leads one to believe that 274 deceased servicemember bodies were just tossed into the dump. Read the story, folks. It says that the body fragments had been used for DNA testing and then were cremated and then disposed of. A body fragment for DNA testing is going to be a small piece - not the whole body. The cremated fragments were mixed with medical waste and taken to the disposal area.

If any of you have had an operation and had a piece of your body removed (gall bladder, appendix, etc), these are cremated and put in with medical waste. I believe the same is true for an arm or leg.

The knee-jerk reaction of "someone has to go to jail for this" and "would you be upset if this were your son or daughter" is not appropriate. The body fragments were just little parts of the body and it sounds to me as though most of the body (identified through the DNA testing of the fragments) was put into caskets and given to the families.

According to the article, which obviously was not read by the original poster, states the practice was carried out between 2003 and 2008. The cremated fragments are now buried at sea in ceremonies - which began in 2009. Um, who was President between 2003 and 2008?