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...military planners are marveling over the success of a key piece of battlefield equipment, worn for the first time by U.S. troops in combat. The new lightweight Kevlar vest, officially dubbed "interceptor body armor," is being credited for holding down casualties in the just completed battle for Shah-i-Kot. Some soldiers pinned down in fire fights survived AK-47 and other small-arms fire to their chest and back because of the new vest. After the battle, soldiers noted that most of the wounds suffered by U.S. troops were in the arms and legs...
...first intifadeh, which lasted from 1987 until 1993--U.S. intervention has become a strategic necessity. The conflict threatens to derail the Administration's plans to open the next phase in the war on terror--in particular, its desire to take on Iraq. If Bush were to allow the escalating combat between the Israelis and the Palestinians to explode into a full-blown war that sucks in neighboring states and inflames the Arab world, America's campaign against terror wouldn't get much further than the caves of Afghanistan...
...Bush Pentagon mulls loosening the traditional constraints the U.S. has placed on its nuclear arms, which limit their use to retaliation or extraordinary combat situations, it is interesting to see how TIME described their deterrent effect in a 1956 cover on THE MISSILE...
...After 20-plus years of great music, the melody that Bono has found to combat poverty and AIDS is undeniably his greatest hit." JAY HEIMBACH Alexandria...
...about al-Qaeda in the Pankisi - which came as something of a surprise, said Defense Minister David Tevzadze in an interview - the first of up to 200 U.S. trainers will be arriving in a week or two. Their task is to create, from a demoralized and bedraggled army, a combat-ready force of about 1,500 men. Georgian officials hope that the $64 million program will just be the beginning of a close alliance with the U.S. It will certainly be the start of Washington's headaches. These include a corrupt system that has allegedly protected terrorists, smugglers and drug...