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The 4/31/06 AFP/Yahoo blurb below didn't say what the soldiers think of the ban.

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Major General Jeffrey Sorenson (L) and Major Greg Paul, wearing a complete
set of US Army body army, are seen here on Capitol Hill in Jan. 2006.
The US Army has directed soldiers in Iraq and Aghanistan
to stop wearing commercial body armor, insisting that only army-
issued armor has been certified as safe and effective, officials said.
(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla) 4/31/06

Israeli Armor For U.S. Slaves

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