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Pentagon Kept Humvees Despite Known IED Threat

Officials delayed switch to safer vehicles: report

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Dec 9, 2008 6:35 AM CST

(Newser) – Military leaders knew before the Iraq war that roadside bombs would threaten troops, but they still dragged their heels on adopting vehicles more resistant to IEDs, a Pentagon investigation has found. In 2005 officials stopped processing an urgent request from field commanders for vehicles called... Read full story »

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