Word: 16s
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...senior in junior college back home in Singapore. Admitted under early action, the 18-year-old Myat San deferred his acceptance, opting instead to spend a year-and-a-half seeing the world, getting in shape, making friends and, oh yes, learning how to use grenades and M-16s...
...above Bamiyan, in Afghanistan's central highlands. It is a small force: the six Chiclet team members, an Afghan translator, five regular Army troops along for backup and a two members of the local tribal militia. What they lack in numbers they more than make up for firepower: M-16s, an M-60 machinegun, 9 mm pistols, grenades, and radios that can call in air support in minutes...
...jumpsuits and menacing body armor. Swarms of police clotted by the dozen at checkpoints. At the Hilton, where president Bush held several meetings with foreign leaders, the perimeter was rimmed with guards standing so close it looked like they were posing for a group photo. Over-head, American F-16s protected the air space and Wednesday, George Bush moved his speech from the offices of Radio Free Europe at the last minute because of an unspecified threat...
...officials hope Berlin will pull together enough allies to commit to the long-term lease of eight to 10 such planes. The Dutch have been tasked with heading a similar consortium to bolster Europe's capability to use precision-guided munitions, especially for countries that fly American-made F-16s. Procuring such smart bombs, many Europeans complain, has been hampered in the past by tight American export controls. American officials say that they're reviewing those controls and have provided technological fixes to iron out some of the problems. NATO officials hope the Spanish will demonstrate progress at Prague...
...could slip past the soldiers toting M-16s at the door, the Pentagon's 17 miles of corridors might remind you a little of an inner-city apartment building: every other door is plastered with alarms, fortified latches and ugly combination locks. You would buzz past signs bearing mysterious acronyms--WELCOME ABOARD J3/SMOO--that blur rather than clarify what's cooking behind those doors. Asked what goes on inside, officers get that "Don't ask, don't tell" look--and don't even reply...