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Stars and Stripes is the only daily newspaper that circulates in war zones. Reporters for the paper surveyed nearly 2,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and National Guardsmen in Iraq. They found that moral was low; many troops felt they had not been trained for the duties they were performing, soldiers had little confidence in their leaders and many soldiers doubted the value of the military mission in Iraq. Furthermore, reporters found enormous differences in the quality of life between troops.