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Preparations for a possible counterstrike began almost immediately, Kelsen said. Another roommate, a member of a reserve unit of Israeli paratroopers, received word of a sudden callup through a coded radio broadcast...
None of these dangers have shaken the Israeli government's conviction that a military solution to the gulf crisis is far preferable to a diplomatic deal. As Israeli TV broadcast civil-defense advisories and the army ordered a partial mobilization of reservists last week, Shamir continued to sound upbeat about the prospects for battle. "If a war begins tomorrow and if it lasts just a few days, everybody will be happy," he said. Even under those circumstances, however, Shamir's joy may be short-lived: once the conflict with Iraq is settled, the U.S. is certain to increase pressure...
...Fore Lt. Col. Michael Hostage, 35, was interviewed in a Defense Department pool broadcast shown on American television. Hostage, an F-15 pilot, escorted bombers in making runs over Iraq...
Other proposed rules may prove harder to negotiate away. The Pentagon seeks greater control of journalistic activities than it had in Vietnam. It would limit initial combat coverage to two 18-member pools of print and broadcast reporters, one each with the Army and the Marines. Reporters would rotate and other pools would be added, but the number of journalists covering combat at any moment would probably be substantially smaller than in Vietnam -- and almost surely smaller than news organizations would...
Worst Thing to Try at Home When two doctors working at Atlanta Hospital came up with a radical AIDS treatment -- heating up the patient's blood -- they let CNN know about it after just one trial. The gullible network broadcast live reports of the second attempt at treatment, giving free and favorable publicity to a farfetched, unproven medical procedure...