Word: commando
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...Americans especially, the elements are painfully familiar: a country divided since World War II into implacably hostile sides, one Communist and the other capitalist; a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two; a long and bitter history of skirmishes, provocations, threats and commando raids that could culminate in an all-out war. This is not Viet Nam, however, but that other Asian country where Asians and Americans have fought and died since World War II: Korea...
Among his other accomplishments, Cain spoke Spanish fluently. With the consent of the CIA, intelligence sources say, Detective Cain began recruiting Spanish-speaking toughs on the Windy City's West Side. Some of the hoodlums were sent to Miami and Central America for training in commando tactics...
...pilots the advertising blimp that floats (aha!) above every important football contest. To get all the plastic explosive he needs, Lander applies to the Palestinians, an alarming people indeed: "Najeer ... wore a hood of shadow. His hands were in the light and they toyed with a black commando knife ... 'Do it, Dahlia. Kill as many...
This week's cover story is a sales report of sorts. The goods are TOWs, AK-47s, F-5s, MIG-23s, C-130s, Uzi submachine guns and French commando daggers - commodities in one of the world's busiest and potentially most lethal markets, the world arms trade. Associate Editor Burton Pines and Reporter-Researcher Genevieve Wilson began working on the intricate story several weeks ago, as the already staccato pace of major arms deals accelerated. "The most startling figure we found," Wilson says, "is that arms sales have increased 6000% since 1952, from $300 million to $18 billion...
...same markets?the Middle East, Latin America and their former African colonies. Last year the French clearly pulled ahead of the British, selling $3 billion in war materiel to some 80 nations, ranging from submarines for the navies of Spain, Portugal, Pakistan and South Africa to daggers for Tunisian commando units. The best-selling French items: various models of the Mirage supersonic fighters, the agile and swift AMX tanks, Alouette helicopters and radar-guided Exocet antiship missiles...