| By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - May 10th, 2008 at 9:18 pm EDT |
| Also listed in: Americans Against Escalation in Iraq | Interfaith Peace Coalition |
"We just believe our heroes deserve to be treated better than that."
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered a review of the handling of the remains of US war dead and apologized after learning that some were cremated in a commercial facility that also cremates pets, the Pentagon said.
Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said there was no evidence that any US servicemember was cremated in an incinerator used for pets.
But Gates believed that the use of a commercial facility that cremated both humans and pets, albeit in separate incinerators, was "insensitive and entirely inappropriate for the dignified treatment of our fallen," Morrell said.
"The families of the fallen have the secretary's deepest apology," he added.
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