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...counterinsurgency. As the bulk of U.S. troops retreats from the front lines, small groups of military advisers--like Captain Johnson's 12-man team--will form partnerships with Iraqi units fresh out of boot camp, sharing their barracks and accompanying them on missions but allowing the Iraqis to command themselves...
...colleagues, Army Lieut. Colonel Wayne Gillespie seemed a straight-arrow soldier. A West Point graduate, he had served tours in West Germany and Viet Nam. Since 1982 Gillespie, 46, has been assigned to the Army Materiel Command in Alexandria, Va., where he worked on military projects with the U.S.'s NATO allies. But, according to FBI agents who arrested him last week, he was also part of a seven-member smuggling ring that conspired to ship antitank missiles to Iran, a country that has not legally received U.S. weapons since the takeover by Ayatullah Khomeini...
...extract of "casualty reports," detailing equipment problems experienced by a class of amphibious assault ships. Arthur's lawyers argued that the documents carried the lowest security classification, "confidential," and were of little value to the enemy. But Captain Edward Sheafer Jr., a senior intelligence officer in the U.S. Atlantic Command, identified the Blue Ridge as the key communications vessel for the Atlantic fleet and called the damage-control book "a bible for sabotage." As for the casualty reports, he said, "I would give my eye teeth to have the similar history of a Soviet class of ships...
...fees paid to big names are a powerful inspiration. Bob Hope commands the highest price: $40,000 a speech. Radio Personality Paul Harvey pulls down $25,000. Jeane Kirkpatrick doubled her fee to $20,000 after she became a Republican. Seer Jeane Dixon can conjure up $7,000 but donates all fees to charity. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger goes for $18,000; his former boss, Richard Nixon, could command $25,000 but speaks for free. "The fees," says Speaker Agent Carleton Sedgeley, "simply follow the laws of supply and demand...
...Force servicemen and civilian employees at the Rhein-Main Air Base call it the gateway to Europe, and with good reason. Located opposite Frankfurt International Airport, Rhein-Main is almost a city unto itself, the largest and most vital link in the U.S. military airlift command. For that reason it is a prime target for terrorists. Last week they struck with a vengeance, setting off a car bomb that killed a 19-year old airman on temporary duty and the wife of another airman assigned to a medical airlift squadron. Twenty-one people were injured...