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...best hope now is to train and deploy a new Iraqi army with enough firepower to regain control of rebel-held areas. The U.S. says some 145,000 Iraqi soldiers will be fully trained and battle ready by year's end. But in places like Fallujah, the goal of creating a viable indigenous army is a long way off. Hundreds of Iraqi recruits have deserted the ranks for fear of being killed by anti-U.S. militants. Others have shown reluctance to fight their countrymen. But U.S. commanders don't have many other options. "Until we have trained soldiers," says...
...morale and confidence - in other words, on motivation. The Sadrists are motivated by a strong nationalist sentiment and emboldened by a religious faith both in the righteousness of their cause and the celestial rewards of their "martyrdom." So too are the Sunni insurgents. And thus far, efforts to deploy Iraqi units in the frontline of pitched battles at both Fallujah and Najaf have proven largely ineffective - not because they lack the training to do battle, but because in many instances they lack the motivation to fight under U.S. command against fellow Iraqis. The rate of desertion among Iraqi forces...
Before 10,000 cheering military veterans in Cincinnati last week, President Bush declared he was bringing up to 70,000 U.S. troops home from bases in Europe and Asia over the coming decade. "We'll take advantage of 21st century military technologies to rapidly deploy increased combat power," he told the Veterans of Foreign Wars. His plan drew fire from his Democratic opponent, John Kerry, who said Bush's plan shortchanges both U.S. allies and the war on terrorism. But strategic objections aside, the plan raises more immediate questions about those 21st century military technologies...
...popular among competitors because unlike easily detected steroids, excess HGH levels are difficult to distinguish from normally circulating levels. And WADA is also reserving the right to nab dopers after the fact--the I.O.C. will keep the samples from Athens and subject them to detection methods WADA may deploy over the next few months...
...that is so cold--with cloudtop temperatures of --218°F--that it shouldn't be able to cook up much weather. The best guess is that internal heat left over from the gravitational collapse that formed the planet in the first place is keeping things warm. Cassini will deploy its cameras, infrared sensors, chemical spectrographs and more to deconstruct the planet's atmosphere and find out for sure. Other instruments will map the planet's magnetosphere and gravitational field, perhaps confirming the theory that even so massive a ball of gas as Saturn has a solid core...