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...Jong Il gives the U.S. and other free countries the option that armed thugs have been offering their victims for centuries: your money or your life. Can there be any clearer indication of North Korea's intentions in developing its military and nuclear capacity or of what we must do to prevent this from happening? Evan Madianos Wayne...
...Karim, at least, is spilling the goods, giving investigators a much clearer picture of what happened: Pearl's kidnapping was carried out by three teams, involving 12 Pakistanis and at least three Arabs. The first team, which Saeed belonged to, lured Pearl into the trap. The second team of Pakistanis abducted Pearl, guarded him and later buried him. According to Karim, the third team of Arabs called the shots. One warned Pearl's captors not to negotiate a ransom deal on the sly, and told them "Don't leave him alone...
Details of what the war might be like are also becoming clearer. The planned force of some 250,000 soldiers is just half the size used in the first Gulf War, because the U.S. military intends to use far more precision-guided munitions and because the Pentagon believes many Iraqi troops will sit out this war if they think Saddam's rule is doomed. U.S. commanders are planning for a short air war followed by a multifront invasion of Iraq. Instead of building up their forces along the Iraqi borders and invading on the ground, many U.S. troops are likely...
...Paris may have escaped the raids and fled to London. The two, officials say, could be among the seven men - aged from their late teens to their 30s - who were arrested last week. While all of this was still difficult to verify, the details of the case may become clearer this week, when five of the London suspects are to appear in court...
...total to well over 100,000. A similar-size force is on standby in Europe and elsewhere, making a total planned force of 250,000. Pentagon officials said they'll be ready to strike by the end of January. Details of what the war might be like also became clearer. The number of troops is just half the size used in the first Gulf War, because the U.S. military plans to use far more precision-guided munitions, and because the Pentagon believes many Iraqi troops will sit out this war if they think Saddam's rule is doomed. U.S. commanders...