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Graphic cell phone footage has emerged of brutal attack on a school girl that took place in Brooklyn after class on Monday afternoon. The three minute clip shows an unfair fight that begins with a small girl in a light blue hoodie being set upon by at least four other students. As the girl is mercilessly pummelled by the gang her blonde hair extensions are ripped from her head as she is repeatedly punched and kicked.

Nothing to smile about Posted: February 17, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 David H. Hackworth "For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For the want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For the want of a horse, the rider was lost; For the want of the rider, the battle was lost; For the want of the battle, the kingdom was lost; And all for the want of a nail." Swap "nail" for "tooth" in Ben Franklin's epigram and you've captured part of the plight of today's U.S. Army. For the past three years, about one...