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...many cases, American lives could have been saved with a little more attention to the details. A subsequent Army investigation of the Nasiriyah incident discovered that the lubricant oil for the M16 rifles in question, called cleaner lubricant preservative (CLP), was in large part to blame for the 507th’s losses, finding that “soldiers provided consistent comments that CLP was not a good choice for weapon’s maintenance in this [Iraqi] environment...
...order has deteriorated. Reports filter in every week of kidnappings for ransom. Last December, a Swiss trekker was beaten up after refusing to pay money to a few rogue Maoists, a worrying sign for a country heavily reliant on the money brought in by foreign tourists. Many in Kathmandu blame the Youth Communist League (YCL), created by the Maoists less than a year ago, for much of the disorder. Red YCL banners around parts of Kathmandu urge Nepalis to report "suspicious, reactionary activity" to cell-phone numbers emblazoned on the cloth. As soon as night falls in the capital - which...
DIED The man many republicans blame most for George H.W. Bush's reneging on his "Read my lips: no new taxes" pledge was Bush budget chief Richard Darman. As a top aide to Ronald Reagan, he was both an intellectual and a savvy technocrat. Yet the economist could be stubborn. After persuading Bush to reverse himself to reduce the deficit?a move that deeply damaged voters' trust and one that Bush called his biggest mistake?Darman maintained the error was tactical; the plan had just been badly presented. "I'm a long-term idealist and short-term realist," he said...
...Relief and Works Agency, which feeds as many as 850,000 impoverished Gazans, says, "A few holes in the wall don't relieve Israel of its obligations. We can't have a situation where Gaza continues to hover on the brink of catastrophe." Israel, for its part, continues to blame Hamas?and the constant threat of rocket attacks against Israeli civilians?for the blockade...
...rogue trader cost one of Europe's largest banks $7.09 billion?the biggest loss ever from a single trader?but who's really to blame...