Word: cutters
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...machismo was a fault and the military an archaic and expensive nuisance. The N.P. admires strong men and manly virtues--courage and self-sacrifice. In the Vietnam years, the massive "daisy-cutter" bomb represented everything brutal and inhumane about the American war; in Afghanistan last week, it seemed just another useful weapon...
Rivera is as sure a bet as there is in professional sports. Coming into the World Seriesm he had successfully converted his last 22 postseason save chances. His nasty 95-mph cutter almost always results in either a broken bat or a foolish-looking hitter...
...Week 5 therefore opened with more fearsome bombing raids on Taliban frontlines, including the reported use on Sunday of two 15,000-pound fuel-air "daisy cutter" bombs - the largest known conventional explosive, which ignites the air and incinerates everything in a 600-yard radius. The Pentagon claimed its air attacks have killed a "substantial number" of Taliban troops, and Rear-Admiral John Stufflebeem reported Monday that Taliban forces are pinned down by bombing and have been unable to return fire against its opponents for several days. He also claimed that al Qaeda's "known infrastructure" had been destroyed...
...look as dramatic as a new special forces raid or a "daisy cutter" bomb falling on the Taliban lines, but Ross's deployment may prove equally important in winning the war on terrorism. Beating al-Qaeda depends in large part on the active cooperation of Arab and Muslim allies, because only when bin Laden is isolated in the Arab and Muslim world does he become ineffective. Ross is only one small part of the puzzle, of course - in recent days the Bush administration has dispatched Condoleeza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld to buck up U.S. allies, named an ambassador...
...Bombing raids continue, now for the first time using 15,000 lb. fuel-air "Daisy Cutter" bombs U.S. says a "substantial" number of Taliban soldiers have been killed, and extensive damage done to Taliban equipment Northern Alliance maintains its offensive at Mazar-i-Sharif, with mixed results Germany will commit 3,900 troops in support roles to the U.S. mission...