Word: armfuls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Today it does, and the SOG's capacities are growing. Its maritime branch has speedboats to carry commandos to shore, and the agency can rent cargo ships through its front companies to transport larger equipment. The air arm, which Pentagon officials have nicknamed the Waffen CIA, has small passenger jets on alert to fly paramilitary operatives anywhere in the world on two hours' notice. Other cargo planes, reminiscent of the Air America fleet that the agency had in Vietnam, can drop supplies to replenish teams in remote locations. For areas like Afghanistan and Central Asia, where a Russian-made helicopter...
...part of the air arm that has received the most publicity lately is the fleet of remote-controlled Predator drones, armed with 5-ft.-long Hellfire missiles, that the agency bought from the Air Force. In November 2001 the CIA deployed the drone to eliminate bin Laden's lieutenant, Mohammed Atef. Last November's Predator hit in Yemen killed an al-Qaeda commander and his entourage of five, though the strike was controversial: one of the dead men turned out to be a U.S. citizen...
...thing, these activities have led to weapons ending up in the wrong hands. In the aftermath of the operation in Afghanistan in the 1980s, hundreds of Stinger missiles that the CIA used to arm the Afghan rebels remain unaccounted for. The agency has been trying to buy them back but has recovered perhaps only a hundred or so. Among the seven Afghan rebel groups, all the major ones received the agency's shoulder-fired Stingers, which can effectively bring down an aircraft at an altitude of 6,000 to 8,000 ft. or more. Twenty-four...
...more aggressive in explaining chemotherapy's benefits. Having never had to go through it myself, I have difficulty imagining all the factors a woman--young or old--weighs when considering chemo. It's her life, and she has to make the call. All I would ask is that she arm herself with the facts before she decides...
...managers of two mutual funds in which Harvard holds large stakes filed suit against the University last Wednesday, alleging that Harvard is engaging in “strong-arm investment tactics...