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This is disgusting (via Local 6):

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An Iraq war veteran who lost an arm and leg in a roadside bombing was mugged during a night out from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, according to an Associated Press report.

Lance Cpl. Mark Beyers, 27, and his wife were attacked and robbed as they left a restaurant in Bethesda, Md. on July 22.

The Marine from western New York was dining out while finishing up rehabilitation at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

As they left the restaurant, five men approached them and asked for a cigarette.

Denise Beyers told The Buffalo News they gave the men a cigarette -- but then the men grabbed her purse, kicked her and knocked the couple to the ground.

The thieves made off with $500 just wired to them by a relative.

Mark Beyers expects to be back home in the Buffalo area this weekend.

His family is planning a fundraiser for him on Aug. 12.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

I felt including the entire text of the story was necessary, as it was such a short story anyway. So here's an extra link to Local 6, thanks.

Message to the muggers: First of all, you're douches for robbing anyone in the first place. Second, you're (insert something worse than douches) for robbing a handicapped person. Now you may not have known he was a Marine who was severely injured defending our country while you were back here robbing people, but I hope you all feel like sh** for what you've done if you ever find out who you robbed. It's just a matter of time before you're gunned down by someone worse than you or caught doing something, and I hope your rot the rest of your life in jail you POSs.

***UPDATE***
Michelle Malkin is now on this story, and directs our attention to this Stars and Stripes piece that provides information for those who would like to donate to Lance Cpl. Beyers:

She said the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Akron, N.Y., is planning to hold a fundraiser for the couple.

Donations can be made by calling the Alden State Bank at 716-937-3381.