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...There may be a timeout for elections. Colombians will be electing a president on May 26, and members of congress and mayors before that, in March. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who so far control the rhythm of combat, may want to avoid a hardline presidential candidate from winning - which he could do if the FARC don't agree to a temporary ceasefire...
...Pakistan. In early 1999, while Vajpayee and democratically elected President Nawaz Sharif were initialing a new chapter in bilateral relations in Lahore, Musharraf, then chief of the Pakistani armed forces, was orchestrating a daring incursion into Kashmir, into the Indian-held Kargil Heights. That provoked six weeks of bloody combat, cutting dead Vajpayee's cherished Lahore process...
...FORCE Combat aircraft 353 including 6 ground attack squadrons and 12 fighter squadrons but no armed helicopters...
...FORCE Combat aircraft 738 including 22+ armed helicopters, 21 ground attack squadrons and 19 fighter squadrons...
...veteran with a B.A. in film, I must take exception to an omission from TIME's list of "The Greatest Combat Films of All Time" [CINEMA, Dec. 17]. In my opinion, the very best and still the most relevant combat film ever made was Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978), which featured heroic performances by Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Cimino earned an Oscar as Best Director, and Walken got one for Best Supporting Actor. REIN J. VANDERZEE JR. San Antonio, Texas...