Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge
(AP)<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/armored_vehicles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.96ee5829793c4b8bab6475ed233a0ab3.armored_vehicles_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ESYWit2AYqxBauyVXGBYxg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, workers at the Naval Weapon Station, in Charleston, S.C., prepare Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs, for departure to Iraq and Afghanistan. The MRAP is a type of armored vehicle designed to survive attacks from IEDs and ambushes. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.</p><br clear="all"/>
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