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...government has never had an official presence there, and many of the tribesmen who rule Tirah are deeply conservative supporters of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. But of late, Pakistani military helicopters have been buzzing over the frontier while soldiers patrol on foot. State-run Pakistan Television has broadcast pictures of locals eagerly assisting soldiers as they arrived, but those who know the valley believe they will not take kindly to an armed presence. Given local sympathies, if bin Laden could make it there, he might be well protected...
Solo records from aged rock megastars often bring to mind a scene from the movie Broadcast News. A handsome TV anchor asks a nerdy reporter, "What do you do when your real life exceeds your dreams?" The answer: "Keep it to yourself." Who wants to hear songs about the spiritual quests of people for whom financial security and social acceptance ceased to be pressing issues long ago? Rock is traditionally about youthful struggles, so it takes considerable talent to put the genre to work describing the lessons of a $90 per hour meditation class...
...truth can be used selectively. To get Iraqi soldiers to listen to its program during the 1991 Desert Storm War, Commando Solo broadcast the targets U.S. warplanes would strike each day. To win its market share in Afghanistan, bombers knocked out Radio Sharia, the Taliban station, and Commando Solo began broadcasting on a frequency near Sharia's. The CIA sent in radios for villages and Commando Solo played popular Afghan music the Taliban had banned from the airwaves...
...other in the U.S. Army, made up of 1,200 special ops soldiers, academics, linguists and marketing experts, whose weapons are words and images. Since the U.S. bombing began Oct. 7, Air Force planes have dumped 18 million of the psywarriors' leaflets on Afghanistan, and Commando Solo has broadcast more than 800 hours of their radio shows...
...Fairly, whose sweet swing graced the major leagues for 21 seasons, broadcast Mariner games last season. "Ichiro wanted to accomplish three things in spring training," Fairly says. "He wanted to get ready to start on Opening Day. He wanted to learn as much as he could about American baseball. He wanted to see how American pitchers intended to go after him. Did he succeed? Try 242 hits." No major leaguer of any size, shape or color has gotten that many hits since...