Secret Pentagon Study Finds Armor Could Have Saved Many Marines...

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The Huffingtonpost headline tells an accurate reflection of the story vs the NYTimes headline.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Secret Pentagon Study Finds Armor Could Have Saved Many Marines Killed In Iraq...

From nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/politics/06cnd-armor.html?ei=5090&en=b13c10c570c09190&ex=1294203600&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

January 6, 2006
Extra Armor Could Have Saved Many Lives, Study Shows
By MICHAEL MOSS

A secret Pentagon study has found that at least 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to their upper body could have survived if they had extra body armor. That 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.........

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1. The Pentagon has no credibility when it comes to caring for troops--

...For the first time, the study by the military's medical examiner shows the cost in lost lives from inadequate armor, even as the Pentagon continues to publicly defend its protection of the troops. Officials have said they are shipping the best armor to Iraq as quickly as possible. At the same time, they have maintained that it is impossible to shield forces from the increasingly powerful improvised explosive devices used by insurgents. Yet the Pentagon's own study reveals the equally lethal threat of bullets......

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2. Good gravy! They needed a STUDY for this?

A schoolchild could have told them that.

Ugh.