Word: armoring
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...Iraqi irregulars swarmed around the U.S. forces. The Americans were ordered to stay put and shoot at anything that moved. By midnight it was over. Two U.S. tanks were lost, blasted from behind-their most vulnerable spot-by antiaircraft guns mounted on pickups. Because of the M1's unique armor, no one on either tank was injured. And one of the tanks is recoverable...
...Iraq is a crusade, then Bush, Bible safe in hand, is its knight in shining armor. The President’s trump card—faith-based initiatives—recasts the nation’s problems, economic and otherwise, as problems that can be fixed if only we say to each other, as he did in a speech last month in Tennessee, “God loves you, I love you, and you can count on us both...
...fear of his wrath and uncertainty over his demise will press his men into one last battle. Crossing the heavily mined no-man's-land near the Kurdish town of Chamchamal in recent weeks, two Iraqi deserters have brought tales of a buildup. They say Saddam is pushing heavy armor and ammunition forward. A Kurdish security official, among the first to interrogate the men, says, "They don't want to, but Baghdad is ordering these units to fight...
...million castle-like mansion in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra. Less than three hours later, she was dead, shot in the head, her body lying in a pool of blood in his castle's foyer, a cavernous, wood-paneled, red-carpeted hallway with two suits of medieval armor standing sentry. Spector's driver called the police, who arrived in minutes. The producer's attorney, Robert Shapiro, of O.J. Simpson fame, declined to comment on the case. Charged with murder, Spector was released on $1 million bail...
...fading light, two flatbed trucks trundle slowly up the highway from Basra to Baghdad, bearing a precarious cargo: a pair of Soviet-era T-52 tanks, their long gun barrels pointed defiantly at the sky. Rumor has it that Iraqi heavy armor is deliberately being moved around in full display to allay public concerns about the army's fighting capabilities. If that is indeed the intention, then the T-52s are being hauled in the wrong direction. The folks who most need that kind of reassurance are the citizens of Basra...