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A teenage US marine has told of his relief to be alive after being shot eight times by Iraqi snipers. PFC Michael Wayne Meyer, 18, of Austin, Texas, says he has no regrets about not making it all the way to the Baghdad. He told reporters "coming home alive," was his main goal. Meyer was helping unload equipment when his unit came under fire. He was shot eight times, but two of the bullets were stopped by the breastplate in his flak jacket. He said: "Usually in a reserve platoon (we) don't have much to worry about because Iraqis have...