Word: deserter
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Whether it is the lumbering siege of a military complex or the brisk advance of a convoy through the desert, these uncut broadcasts are the most compelling when they show the tedium of war. All the networks carried live footage of the Third Infantry’s advance up the Iraqi highway on the first day of the conflict, even though it was no more captivating than watching rush hour traffic. But I stayed tuned because I wanted to see where the rubber meets the road, where the high drama of politics and war is translated into action...
...must try to control them," says Silliman, the former Air Force attorney. He says this responsibility is something Pentagon commanders take seriously; there are scores of military lawyers deployed with the troops to help answer such legal questions. It may seem strange to think of lawyers running around the desert with copies of a 54-year-old Swiss treaty, but as Rumsfeld knows, it is that very document that could help those young American captives get home safe. --With reporting by Perry Bacon Jr./Washington
NAME Rageh Omaar (BBC) CALL HIM "Desert Fox" CREDENTIALS Oxford educated. Skin stays dewy fresh even under harsh desert conditions RATING: [4 microphones...
...covering his first war. He's learning fast. Riding with the 1st Brigade of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, he was traveling north last week with hundreds of military vehicles in a ground-assault convoy (GAC). Alongside 15 soldiers, Lowy was in a troop carrier moving through stifling desert mornings and nights so cold that the men sometimes used plastic bottles of their own urine as hand warmers. "When I get out of here," he says, "I'm going to make up a T shirt that says I SURVIVED...
...picture of a group of 3rd Infantry Division soldiers training in the Kuwaiti desert caught my eye, as I served with the 3rd during the Korean War. I am awed by the sophisticated equipment the soldiers now carry. Every American should be proud of these young men and women who have volunteered for battle. ROBERT J. QUIRK Sarasota...