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...international community was quick to respond to Colombia's agony. As President Reagan sent Betancur a message expressing his sympathy, the U.S. dispatched a dozen CH-47 Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters from Panama to take part in rescue operations. Public and private U.S. disaster relief swelled toward $1 million. In Geneva, the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported that twelve countries had contributed $1,250,000 worth of tents, generators, food, blankets and other essentials...
POOCH POWER Last month's Chinook Olympics featured sack races and the howling of the Chinook breed's national anthem. Up next: the 13th annual Dog Olympics at North Carolina State
...first place with about 20% of the vote each. The apparent erosion in support for the PDI-P, which won 34% of the vote in 1999, raised doubts about Megawati's prospects in July's presidential poll. MEANWHILE IN THE U.K. ... Flying Fowl A parliamentary committee revealed that eight Chinook helicopters bought by the Ministry of Defense at a cost of $475 million can't fly in cloudy weather. Since the MOD cannot check whether the choppers meet British safety standards, they are restricted to flying above 150 m in clear skies, and have not been used in Afghanistan...
...sending tens of thousands of soldiers into Iraq without adequate protection. Lawmakers and troops and their families have all complained that the G.I.s lack the latest bulletproof vests. Too many of the U.S. military's humvees don't have enough armor to protect the soldiers inside. The CH-47 Chinook helicopter that Iraqis downed Nov. 2, though equipped with the standard package of defensive flares and chaff, was not carrying the newest and most sophisticated antimissile system, which might have protected it from the shoulder-fired missile that apparently brought it down, killing...
Bear tries to keep thoughts of mortality at bay, not an easy thing to do when comrades are dying daily: 16 U.S. soldiers in Fallujah perished last week when a Chinook helicopter carrying them was shot down by what American military officials believe was a surface-to-air missile; six more soldiers died last Friday when their Black Hawk helicopter was brought down, apparently by a rocket-propelled grenade; an additional 10 soldiers died in other attacks over the course of the week. "It's not all-consuming," says Bear of his fears...