Politics > Politics-USA > 20% of U.S. troops killed in Iraq might have lived had there been more armored, heavier vehicles.
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"Harry Hope" |
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28 Apr 2004 04:24:23 PM |
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20% of U.S. troops killed in Iraq might have lived had there been more armored, heavier vehicles. |
From UPI, 4/27/04:
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_armor_042704,00.html
Lack Of Armor Claims Troops
United Press International
WASHINGTON -
Twenty percent of the U.S. troops killed in Iraq might have lived had
there been more armored, heavier vehicles available to them, Newsweek
reports Monday.
A top Army general is recommending the Army send more Stryker
medium-weight fighting vehicles to Iraq, which are lighter than tanks
but heavier than Humvees, according to the magazine.
Newsweek reports that an unofficial study by a defense consultant now
circulating through the Army says 142 Americans were killed by land
mines or improvised roadside bombs and 48 others by rocket-propelled
grenades.
"Almost all those soldiers were killed while in unprotected vehicles,
which means that perhaps one in four of those killed in combat in Iraq
might be alive if they had had stronger armor around them," according
to Newsweek's account.
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An illustration of AWOL Bush's "concern" for our troops.
Harry
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