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...that is difficult to do when it's wet. Visitors are politely told to direct fluids into a hose leading downhill to a creek. Second, when going to the toilet--or anywhere away from the shelters of the camp's twin tents--always wear a helmet and body armor. Mortars drop from the sky without warning, and enemy snipers lurk along the rooftops and in the windows of nearby buildings. Despite the prospect of being shot, however, Rabiya is "the perfect spot," says Captain Peter Norris, commander of the roughly 30 U.S. troops manning the base alongside a similar number...
...batting average and finished the year ranked third in the nation in homeruns per game (.390). The graduation of captain Julia Kidder at shortstop and second-basemen Lauren Brown left a gap in the middle infield that may be the only chink in Harvard’s experienced armor. Or, maybe not.“Lauren Brown and Julia Kidder are fantastic leaders…and they can’t be replaced immediately,” Madick said. “But we’ve done a lot of work on our defense this year?...
...haven for insurgents and snipers. Back when it was safer, Dr. Hakki had to drive down the wrong side of the street because U.S. Marines were busy using the other side for nighttime soccer matches with neighborhood kids. For goalposts, says Dr. Hakki, they used their helmets and body armor. Nowadays, no soldier would caught on the street without helmet or armor...
...more than $10 billion. The prospects have Lockheed, the world's biggest defense contractor, and U.S. aerospace giant Boeing salivating along with their Russian and European rivals. "The sector is opening up fast," says Lavina Gupta, Director of Anjani Technoplast, a company based in northern India that makes body armor, helmets and armored vehicles. "People have started looking up towards India. We are good entrepreneurs, we have the talents, it's just that we are now being recognized as a market. Everybody wants to be here...
...much as we hoped." Indeed, if al-Kindy is coming back, it is doing so slowly, unevenly?and only with a lot of well-armed help. Sandbagged checkpoints stand at either end of al-Kindy, manned by Iraqi soldiers with machine guns. Iraqi police in body armor prowl back alleys and side streets to intercept would-be car bombers. U.S. military officials often point visitors to al-Kindy Street as a metaphor for what is working?and what remains undone. "We still have some work to do," says Lieut. General Ray Odierno, the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq...