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Second Iraq War Veteran, Occupy Supporter Seriously Injured by Police in Oakland

HeadlineNov 07, 2011

In California, the Guardian newspaper has revealed a second Iraq War veteran involved in Occupy Oakland has suffered serious injuries after being beaten by the police. Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a lacerated spleen. He says he was beaten by police close to the Occupy Oakland camp on the same day another Iraq War veteran protester, Scott Olsen, suffered a fractured skull after being shot in the head by a police projectile.

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