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Bowing to Pressure, Army Adds to Soldiers’ Armor

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Posted on Jan 11, 2006

NYT: WASHINGTON - Army officials said Wednesday that they had decided to send additional body armor to Iraq to protect soldiers from insurgents’ attacks.

The ceramic plates now worn by most members of the military shield just some of the upper body from bullets and shrapnel, and the Army said it would buy plates that would extend this protection to the sides of soldiers. The officials spoke after a closed session of the Senate Armed Services Committee, held after The New York Times reported last week that a Pentagon study had found that extra armor could have saved up to 80 percent of the marines who died in Iraq from upper body wounds. | story

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By kerry thomas, January 13, 2006 at 8:20 am Link to this comment
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when is talking about winning the war more important than having a plan to win, a mission statement or an exit strategy? the answer is when the goal is to “be at war” indefinitely, which puts us on a ‘horse named GOP’ in the middle of an endless river designated ‘the Global War On Terror.”  as any sane person can see this is not WWIII, this is WWE, or WORLD WAR ENDLESS!

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By John Said, January 12, 2006 at 12:39 pm Link to this comment
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When will someone other then Jack Murtha ask Bush who claims to be the defender of our soldiers why
1. He rushed into Iraq without proper number of troops
2. Why he sent men to die without proper arms and arament
3. Why he started an invasion without a mission statement, occupation or exit plan.

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By kerry thomas, January 12, 2006 at 8:11 am Link to this comment
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i don’t get it. the armor is cheaper than the cost of evacuating and hospitalizing the wounded soldier, is cheaper than recruiting and training that soldier’s replacement. i mean the additional armor is cost effective.  Let alone what the mother, father, sister, brother of that injured soldier feels about additional armor to shield the soldier they love.

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