Army asked yet again to give troops in Iraq more armored Humvees

[UpInArms]

http://www.wcjb.com/news.asp?id=12239

PENTAGON (AP) - U.S. commanders in Iraq are again asking the Army for more armored Humvees.

It's the fifth time in a year that they've asked for more of the armored utility vehicles.

Army officials say the latest request came last month, just as they were reaching the previous target of nearly 83-hundred factory-built armored Humvees. Central Command now says it needs more than ten-thousand of them for use in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How many armored Humvees are needed -- and the pace of their delivery to troops -- has been one of the most controversial issues of the Iraq war.

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[tinymontgomery]

1. 10,000 humvees,

What the hell is being planned with 10,000 humvees! What's that, a humvee for every officer! I need to buy stock in that company. I wonder if the generals ordering that shit own stock or will be hired in the next year by they company.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. Have To Find Some Place To Put Em

Humvee sales in the U.S. should be dropping right about......Now.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. Situation Under Control - Send Lots Of Amored Humvees Anyways n/t

[leesa]

4. I say EVERY Humvee owner in the US be shipped over immediately

with all adult owners and family members inside.

[burn the bush]

5. the problem is that Halliburton doesn't make humvees

[DeepModem Mom]

6. kick