And in other Iraq news, the New York Times has revealed a secret Pentagon study has concluded that up to 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from upper-body wounds could have survived had they been given extra body armor. Until recently, the Pentagon had ignored troops’ calls for the extra armor — even though it has been available for over two years. Over 520 marines have been killed in Iraq, out of a death toll of more 1,700 US troops.