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John tugged the sleeve of the pilot from the rebel Northern Alliance, who was aboard to guide the aircraft through the treacherous mountains of northeastern Afghanistan. "They're not ours," the Afghan shouted, letting John know that the helicopter could be fired on from below. The Taliban fighters, however, were so stunned by the appearance of the beastly aircraft roaring above them that they did not have time to shoulder their weapons and shoot before it flew out of range. "Wonderful," the CIA officer shouted to his Afghan comrade...
...Camp Peary, new SOG recruits also hone their paramilitary skills, like sharpshooting with various kinds of weapons, setting up landing zones in remote areas for agency aircraft and attacking enemy sites with a small force. Some are sent to Delta Force's secret compound at Fort Bragg to learn highly specialized counterterrorism techniques, such as how to rescue a fellow agent held hostage...
...that never came close to happening?even though Thailand moved an aircraft carrier into position off the Cambodian coast and its special-forces troops amassed at the border. But the violence in Phnom Penh plunged bilateral relations to their lowest level in decades, damaged the images of both countries?especially Cambodia's?and reignited the simmering resentment that Thais and Cambodians have felt for each other for centuries...
...deny, degrade, damage or destroy, to use the Pentagon's parlance. HPM engineers call it "dial-a-hurt." But that hurt can cause unintended problems: beyond taking out a tyrant's silicon chips, HPMs could destroy nearby heart pacemakers and other life-critical electrical systems in hospitals or aboard aircraft (that's why the U.S. military is putting them only on long-range cruise missiles). The U.S. used a more primitive form of these weapons--known as soft bombs--against Yugoslavia and in the first Gulf War, when cruise missiles showered miles of thin carbon fibers over electrical facilities, creating...
...crown them as maharajas or maharanis to give them a feel of the olden-day ceremonies," explains Leena Srivastava, director of tourism at IDMI, the firm that's bringing the concept to life. The newly appointed monarchs will then board their appropriately splendid carriage. "The interior of the aircraft will be like a palace," gushes Srivastava. Imagine opulent lounges lined with carpets, hovering attendants behind heavy, velvet curtains. "We're going to make it more comfortable, more luxurious, more ... palatial...