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...made to tame the ISI was dumping its chief, Ahmed. He and the President were close friends and fellow plotters in the 1999 coup that brought Musharraf to power. But the intelligence chief proved too radical for Musharraf's purposes. Former comrades of Ahmed's say he experienced a battlefield epiphany in the Himalayan peaks during a 1999 summer offensive against India and began to pursue his own Islamic-extremist agenda. At a Cabinet meeting, he once yelled at an official, "What do you know? You don't even go to prayers...
Paulette G. Curtis ’92 will take over as senior tutor in Dunster House. Originally from New Orleans and currently living in Las Vegas, Curtis expects to receive her doctorate this fall for a dissertation about American veterans who have returned to Vietnam to give battlefield tours...
...military planners are marveling over the success of a key piece of battlefield equipment, worn for the first time by U.S. troops in combat. The new lightweight Kevlar vest, officially dubbed "interceptor body armor," is being credited for holding down casualties in the just completed battle for Shah-i-Kot. Some soldiers pinned down in fire fights survived AK-47 and other small-arms fire to their chest and back because of the new vest. After the battle, soldiers noted that most of the wounds suffered by U.S. troops were in the arms and legs...
...less than a year after the U.S. had entered World War I, 15 Red Sox players were already in the military. By the end of the war, almost 250 players were serving, and many were on the battlefield in Europe. Christy Mathewson, a Hall of Fame pitcher and manager of the Cincinnatti Reds, was one of many who enlisted in the army. Mathewson died seven years later, after developing tuberculosis from poison...
...flying Iraq missions from Prince Sultan Airforce Base. There has also been disagreement over the use of the Combined Air Operations Center, or CAOC, a new U.S.-built underground facility equipped with satellite receivers, computers and secret communications that enable commanders to direct a major war with real-time battlefield feedback. The Saudis allowed CAOC's use during the Afghan war, but have, so far, refused to give a green light for its use in an invasion of Iraq...