July 19, 2004
The perfect right-wing explanation: Perhaps all these Iraqi police casualties have something to do with their choice of armored vehicles
From the Iraq Ministry of Interior's office, "Security Forces Information Packet": IPS officers drive blue and white vehicles, of various makes and models. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Convoy is on alert on dangerous road": To the left are the Iraqi police in their white Hyundais with blue painted doors. Then again, maybe it's not just their choice of vehicles...
From the U.S. Army's Weapons Fact File, "HMMWV": The HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) is a light, highly mobile, diesel-powered, four-wheel-drive vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission. Based on the M998 chassis, using common components and kits, the HMMWV can be configured to become a troop carrier, armament carrier, S250 shelter carrier, ambulance, TOW missile carrier, and a Scout vehicle. From MSNBC's "Frantically, the Army tries to armor Humvees: Soft-skinned workhorses turning into death traps": The cost of an armored Humvee, built from scratch, is $150,000. That's $1.8 billion to replace every Humvee in Iraq with one that offers armored protection. Or, looked at through the windshield of a Humvee on the Baghdad-Tikrit highway, that's less than 2 percent of the $99 billion the Air Force is spending on the F-22 fighter it insists it needs. RELATED: Iraq Coalition Casualties
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