Word: colonel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LIBERATION ARMY, their days of furtive desert bivouacs are over. The grounds of Amman's Royal Police Academy, where the men are training, are landscaped with hollyhocks and palm trees. And there is no target practice. "We don't know what weapons we'll have in Jericho," says Lieut. Colonel Mohamed Youssef Al Sadi, commander of a 20-man unit drawn from the Badr Brigade, which is expected to patrol Jericho. "We have forgotten our Kalashnikovs." They have been trained, however, to handle American M-16s. Whether the Israelis will allow the men of the P.L.O. to carry them...
...REALLY WAS A COLONEL IN THE Egyptian army. Cairo records confirm it. But everything else about Emad Salem is disputed or highly mysterious...
...country's openness, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi personally bulldozed a customs house on the Egyptian border. The invitation was ignored. Earlier this May, Gaddafi retailored his message to welcome foreign firms interested in developing the country's exquisite but deserted beaches and superb collection of classical antiquities. What the colonel neglected to mention is that U.N. sanctions ban international flights to the country. Thirsty travelers who brave the long drive across the desert from Egypt or Tunisia will arrive to discover that alcohol is totally prohibited and that even water is in short supply...
...booster, on which both the Air Force and CIA are heavily dependent. The 12-story-high booster is the only rocket capable of launching a whole family of space-surveillance systems. Martin Marietta has delivered or has under construction about half of the 41 Titan IVs currently on order. Colonel Frank Stirling, director of the Air Force's Titan IV program, immediately grounded two other boosters scheduled for launch and said the delay could last up to a year...
...Sword family now resides in Fairfax, Virginia. Sword's father, Rod, is a colonel in the Canadian Air Force, and serves as liaison to the United States Air Force Command, according to a family friend...