Homesick Troops Say They're Still Needed

By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer © 2006 The Associated Press

BALAD, Iraq — Sgt. Isaiah Killough would love to be with his wife, who's due to have a baby any day. Instead, the 20-year-old military policeman is spending time with detainees in Iraq.
"The only bad thing is being away from my wife right now," said Killough, of West Plains, Miss. "But we're doing a good thing here, and if we leave too early then it would leave us where we started."