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September 15th 03, 10:45 PM

(Diverd4777) wrote in message ...

Possibly some lazy reporter ( no byline on the article)
from " WorldNetDaily" executing a " synthesis of News" ;

making some stuff up to meet a deadline..!

( - who's gonna check his facts ?? )

I knew I had read that story before. From the article:

The Pentagon's draft report of the conflict details how soldiers spent
their own money to get better field radios, extra ammunition carriers
and commercial backpacks to replace undersized rucksacks, according to
Scripps Howard News Service.

"There were a lot of reports of that prior to the war, people would go
out and buy their own gear," Patrick Garrett, a defense analyst with
GlobalSecurity.org, told the news service.
.....

Here's the source. The original article was written for the Scripps
Howard News Service by Tara Copp and Jessica Wehrman. Isn't the
Internet wonderful?

http://globalsecurity.org/org/news/2...11-boots01.htm