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...part of a wider campaign to limit the Guard's business activities abroad. U.S. Treasury official Stuart Levey recently argued that the IRGC's activities have expanded exponentially under the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, and he claimed it "is used by the regime to provide a 'train and equip program' for terrorist organizations like Hizballah, as well as to pursue other military objectives of the regime." He also noted the Guard is taking over regular government functions such as management of the Tehran airport and building a new Tehran metro. "When corporations do business with IRGC companies," he warned...
...enough to send our brave boys out to fight the spread of Terror with training in criminology, martial arts and forensics. We must strike Terror into the hearts of our enemies by adopting the disguise of a weird half-human, half-bat creature of the night. Batman intends to equip every bold American soldier with Batgear and a Batmobile, so that we can effectively win the war in Iraq. It’s only what our troops deserve in their battle to rid the world of evil...
...over the past several months mounting evidence gathered by U.S., NATO and Afghan intelligence agencies indicates that the resurgent Taliban has treated the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as a revolving door: attacking coalition troops in Afghanistan, then retreating to the ungoverned western frontier of Pakistan to regroup and re-equip...
...military aid package announced Friday is designed to help equip government forces with helicopters, heavier weapons and armor, and communications gear that would give them the capacity to operate independently against Taliban guerrillas in harsh terrain. But that won't happen in time to face the Taliban's anticipated spring offensive. So, the Pentagon also announced Wednesday that 3,200 soldiers from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division will have their tour of duty in Afghanistan extended by four months. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he is likely to ask President Bush for several thousand more American troops augment...
...Ford, for its part, announced a deal with Microsoft to equip cars with a voice-activation system for gadgets like a cell phone, iPod or (in Microsoft's dreams) a Zune MP3 player. The system, called Sync, will supposedly convert text messages to audio too. Ford plans to make it available in 12 models over the coming year, though it could be a pricey option. Like most automakers, Ford is courting digitally savvy Gen Y shoppers and hopes the technology will appeal to them in entry-level cars like the 2008 Focus...