Hitting the blogs currently, and putting Soldiers' Angels into a fury, is this exchange between a Soldier and a U.S. company, Discount-Mats.com:


To Whom it may concern:

Do you ship to APO addresses?
I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships to APO first.

SGT Hess

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From: contact@discount-mats.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:44 PM

Subject: Re: Feedback: from discount-mats.com

SGT Hess,

We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com

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Yep, you read it right. Nice, huh?

Since they sent such a nice, kind email to our Hero, please feel free to send them one. (And according to Snopes, the Sgt. is all set with mats - apparently he found a supplier who wasn't a complete loser.

WEBSITE:
http://discount-mats.com/

CONTACT INFO:
Email:
contact@discount-mats.com

Phone:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST:
(414) 736-8394

By Mail:
Bargain Suppliers
3259 S.106th Street
West Allis, WI 53227

Check out this interesting bit of info:
WEBSITE INFO:

Registrant:
Faisal Khetani
PO Box 270693
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53227

Registered through: Teknon Domains
Domain Name: DISCOUNT-MATS.COM
Created on: 23-Mar-05
Expires on: 23-Mar-08
Last Updated on: 03-Mar-06

Administrative Contact:
Khetani, Faisal
sportsfitness@gmail.com
3259 S.106th Street
West Allis, Wisconsin 53227
(414) 543-9634

Technical Contact:
Khetani, Faisal
sportsfitness@gmail.com
3259 S.106th Street
West Allis, Wisconsin 53227
(414) 543-9634


To verify the story:
Snopes confirmation:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/apo.asp

Also posted at Military.com:
http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/69719858/m/2000011801001?r=1740011801001

And Free Republic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1771033/posts

And A Soldier's Perspective:
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2007/01/21/discount-mats-disrespects-troops/


And probably a whole lot of other places by now - feel free to list / trackback in the comments section.

All I ask is that you refrain from cursing, threatening, or otherwise lowering yourself to their level. I'm going to try to do the same, but it's going to be tough.