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Janitors who work for UNICCO marched through the streets of downtown Boston with their supporters, including students from Harvard and other local colleges. They chanted in English and Spanish and waving signs that read “Jobs for Justice” and “Health Care...
Many Wilmington residents appreciate the efforts of their police. Ann McGrellis, 33, a sales assistant in downtown Wilmington, says, "The bottom line is, if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have to worry about the jump-out squads." Mills, who believes he was targeted because of his race and address, might beg to disagree. --With reporting by Simon Crittle/Wilmington
...only bits and pieces; it's like playing chess while viewing only four squares on the board. This battlefield compression means that low-ranking corporals and sergeants--not colonels and captains--must often make life-and-death decisions. These choices come fast and furious when you're fighting downtown: 90% of the targets are less than 50 yards away and seen for only seconds. Killing innocent civilians--or your own men--is a risk that goes with the terrain. A quarter of all explosive rounds turn into duds when they glance off walls and roofs. Helicopters can get tangled...
...invasion of Baghdad would most likely start under cover of darkness. U.S. troops, brought in by helicopters, would seek a secure foothold from which to expand their presence in the city. The biggest advantage U.S. troops would have in downtown Baghdad would be their night-vision devices, giving them a greenish but clear-eyed view of a nighttime world. Once inside Baghdad, the Americans would start clearing buildings one by one, from the top floor down. They would probably use the technique that Israeli forces employed during fighting earlier this year in the West Bank's Balata refugee camp. Once...
...reasonable expectation. Only hours before the attempt on Karzai last Thursday, a bomb planted in a taxi detonated on one of Kabul's busiest downtown streets, killing 32 and injuring at least 150. Government investigators said they had no evidence that the attacks were coordinated, but many Afghans had their suspicions. The blast in Kabul last week, the most lethal in a rash of bombings this summer, came after weeks of intelligence warnings about the likelihood of terrorist attacks around the anniversary of Sept. 11. Although U.S. commanders say the 12,000 allied troops in Afghanistan have flushed nearly...