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...outside the middle school. Like a spent slug, a casing can help narrow down the type of gun that may have been used. So far, ballistics tests have not pinpointed the sniper's weapon. But investigators appear particularly interested in individuals known to possess a Colt AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 infantry rifle, or a Sturm-Ruger Mini-14 rifle. Both are semiautomatic rifles, popular with target shooters, criminals and some domestic extremist groups...
...target "nearly 100% of the time," he says. Even if an enemy jams the weak GPS signal, the JDAM remains relatively accurate, usually landing within 100 ft. of its target. Accuracy is critical because a top priority in a new war against Iraq would be to cause as few civilian casualties as possible; accidents would be well covered by the media and could incite more anti-Americanism in the Arab world...
...world believes is impossible, but Tibon thinks it can be done. To do it, he has to instill routines into young conscripts who have known only the disorder of war. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited Washington last week, where U.S. officials pressed him over the mounting civilian deaths among Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli army. Two years into the intifadeh, Israel faces many of the same frustrations that confront the U.S. 12 months into its "war on terror." "You need patience or you'll make mistakes," says Tibon, who took control in Nablus two months ago, after...
...perfectly reasonable for peace activists to argue that the damages of a second Gulf War would outweigh its benefits—that the number of American soldier and Iraqi civilian lives to be lost, not to mention the desperate measures such a war might inspire in the hearts of terrorists, is simply too great to incur. And if we come to this conclusion, then let us not hesitate in our condemnation of military action. But the fact is that no sane supporter of human rights and democracy can deny that the world is better of without Saddam Hussein...
Hundreds of families of Afghans killed by errant bombs are demanding compensation for the loss of their loved ones, and the U.S. government has made some payments. Apart from their outrage at U.S. mistakes, Afghan civilians are frustrated by the plodding pace of the international relief effort. Washington has committed $280 million to Afghanistan this year--more than any other donor country--but aside from the yellow food packets dropped by allied warplanes during the war, ordinary Afghans have seen few tangible signs of the anticipated U.S. assistance. Because the Pentagon wants to maintain the combat readiness of American forces...