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...distance, faced a rocky tidal wave seconds later. While there are no estimates of the number killed in the avalanches, Centcom considers the strategy a success, and could use it again when facing an enemy in rocky terrain. In addition to the casualties, says Air Force Lieut. Colonel Bradley Jones, "it had a tremendous psychological effect...
...attack Mansoor expected finally came on Saturday morning, March 2, after being postponed for 48 hours because of bad weather. At Bagram, Colonel Frank Wiercinski told his men that this would be a "defining moment" in their lives. Echoing the motto of the 10th Mountain Division, he said, "This is your climb to glory." The helicopters took off and flew south. The division, heading for battle position Eve, attacked the villages of Sarkhankhel, Marzak and Babakul, taking al-Qaeda by surprise. "The bad guys were drinking tea when we arrived," says Hagenbeck. "Our snipers," says one soldier, "whacked a whole...
...bolster academic performance even marginally. The cadets score two or three points higher on the act than their civilian peers. Last year nearly 96% of the district's cadets graduated, compared with 92% of its noncadets. "We have micromanaged these students and conditioned them to be successful," says Colonel Lucius Wright, director of Jackson's program. Says Jodie Brown, 23, a Forest Hill High School graduate and former JROTC cadet who last year returned to her alma mater as a history teacher: "When you're in JROTC, it's almost like having four or five parents at school with...
...instructor at France's war college and a colonel in the reserves. I agree with law professor Ruth Wedgwood that the detained al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters are not combatants as defined by international law and should not be treated as POWs [VIEWPOINT, Feb. 4]. I am sure the U.S. Army respects these detainees and is treating them in compliance with the laws governing the conduct of war. I am also sure the Army knows they are fighters who have a fascination with death. Even so, a just trial and good treatment must preclude the death penalty. Their punishment must...
...militants or being part of any terror network. But the group isn't a monolith; radical elements appear to be ignoring the party line. "We believe that the MILF leadership means well but they cannot control their troops on the ground," said Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Lieut. Colonel Jose Cristino Mabanta. The U.S. is in the opposite position: its troops in the southern Philippines do follow orders. They might just have been ordered to fight the wrong guys...