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To: Dale Baker who wrote (8487)1/7/2006 9:43:49 AM
From: manny_velasco  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541409
 
To: Box-Down-By-The-River who wrote (316259) 1/7/2006 7:59:46 AM
From: Terry Maloney Read Replies (1) of 316262

WTF?

"A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor. Such armor has been available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply it to troops despite calls from the field for additional protection, according to military officials."
nytimes.com.