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...Cambodia: Blast from the Past
...next 36 hours, the rebels were subjected to a suffocating air bombardment. According to U.S. military spokesman Colonel Roger King, American planes dropped 19 "cave busters," 2,000-pound bombs that blast deep into the ground. This was followed by a rain of 500-pounders and rocket and cannon fire from AC?130 gunships and Apache helicopters. "It looked like (the rebels) had lost their minds," says Raziq. "They were running in every direction." By Raziq's count, 22 rebels were killed and another 13 were captured. The U.S. military reported no casualties...
...Cambodia: Blast from the Past
...Cambodia: Blast from the Past
...defendants?who were accused of sending out ransom demands and photos of Pearl in captivity?were the police's only suspects. But in May, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a bus carrying French naval technicians who were hired to work on a Pakistani submarine. The blast killed 11 Frenchmen and three Pakistanis, and it galvanized the Pakistani government into a wider crackdown on militant groups in Karachi. Hundreds of people were arrested, including Karim and Bukhari. Under interrogation, they confessed to helping abduct Pearl, then led police to his body, which Karim said he had helped...