Iraq: Rumsfeld: no armour for US Marines

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Date: 1/7/06 at 12:26PM

AFP reports:

Most Marines killed in Iraq could have been saved by body armor

07/01/2006

WASHINGTON – A secret Pentagon study found that as many as 80 percent of Marines killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor, The New York Times reports.

“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,” the Times reported citing unnamed military officials.

“For the first time, the study by the military’s medical examiner shows the cost in lives from inadequate armor, even as the Pentagon continues to publicly defend its protection of the troops,” the report said.

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Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein: here.

Also no body armor for British soldiers in Iraq: here.

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