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...which probably saved the lives of Wyatt, Castro and Meinen. But even a dud traveling at nearly 1,000 ft. per sec. can slice through limbs like a meat cleaver. The three men were alive, but there was a real danger that they would bleed to death in minutes amid the smoke, dust and confusion. As troops on the two other APCs continued firing, the lone medic among the 15 soldiers on the patrol climbed up the back ramp into the compartment. "'Holy s___!' was the first thing out of his mouth, and it looked like his eyes were about...
...frantic race against the clock. Buddies pressed their hands into Castro's hip wound to keep him from bleeding to death. The wound was so massive that his tourniquet was useless. He handed it to Wyatt, who needed two to stanch the blood flowing from his femoral artery. Amid the mayhem, Meinen, who had been manning a 50-cal. machine gun, noticed that he didn't have any feeling in his right foot. "It felt like it had gone to sleep on me, so I picked my foot up and was trying to massage it, trying to get the feeling...
...learned it will have to do without help from Iraq's northern neighbor when Turkey announced it would not send troop reinforcements. The International Committee of the Red Cross also stepped back, announcing the temporary closure of its offices in Baghdad and the southern city of Basra amid security fears. Six U.S. soldiers were killed when a Black Hawk helicopter was downed, apparently by a rocket-propelled grenade, near Tikrit on Friday, mirroring the felling of a Chinook helicopter near Fallujah at the start of the week that killed 16. Poland suffered its first combat loss in Iraq when...
...Pischetsrieder plans to launch dozens of new models over the next two years, including a new Microbus, smaller SUVs and crossover vehicles and, maybe, a sexy convertible, the Concept R, which he unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September. VW's new Golf, rolling into European dealerships now amid positive reviews, should bolster profitability thanks to lower manufacturing costs...
...automakers have entered what amounts to a demolition derby; after sales grew 56% last year to about 1.1 million vehicles, they rose 82% for the first half of 2003, according to the industry publication Automotive News. VW and a partner recently broke ground on a new factory in China, amid plans to expand capacity from 800,000 to 1.6 million vehicles annually, at a cost of $7 billion over five years. Other manufacturers are also adding capacity. But a price war has slashed VW's operating margin in China from 15.5% in 2001 to 14% in 2002, according...