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...rare agreement with U.S. President George W. Bush in suggesting that France should pony up more troops. As the first part of its modest offering deployed in Lebanon over the weekend, French officials bristled at the suggestion that Paris wasn't pulling its weight. A French general commands the existing 2,000-strong unifil force, which has been monitoring conflict along the border since 1978, and the French government says it is ready to keep that command through February. France will also maintain its naval presence, which has been shuttling evacuees to Cyprus. What it balks at is committing large...
...June the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an unprecedented analysis of state and urban emergency plans around the country, including assessments of evacuation plans and command structures. The report concluded that most "cannot be characterized as fully adequate, feasible, or acceptable." Among the worst performers: Dallas, New Orleans and Oklahoma City. (The best by far was the state of Florida...
...system that included a wireless camera, which I easily positioned and programmed to snap pictures of anyone walking through my front door. I coupled a motion sensor with a lamp controller, so that the light went on whenever someone walked by. The coolest part was that I could also command the lights and camera directly from the Web page. I did not test the thermostat, but like the other devices, it can be controlled remotely or set on a schedule...
...wrong for Hizballah to launch rockets into Israel? Since this war started, far more Lebanese civilians have been killed than have Hizballah militants. This war needs to end now. There must be a cease-fire before even more innocents die. Sara Faruqi Karachi, Pakistan America and Americans command and, in a sense, demand sympathy when they are in trouble. After 9/11, the world grieved with the U.S. So why don't we see an outpouring of sympathy from Americans for the Lebanese and Palestinians who are being blown apart with Washington's tacit blessing? David Albuquerque Algester, Australia Israel shouldn...
...Pentagon launched two investigations into the Haditha incident - one into possible criminal acts and the other into the alleged failures of the chain of command to examine exactly what took place in Haditha that day. The two investigations are expected to be finished in early September, and criminal charges, say sources familiar with aspects of the investigation, are likely...