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...possible. With his career cut short because of what he called "a lot of in-house politics," he retired from the Air Force in 1970 and became president of a company that tested and raced cars and pioneered the installation of jet engines. Once asked who the best fighter pilot was, he answered, "you're looking...
...Musa Haroun, the horrors they have witnessed will never fade. After an attack last year she fled with her four children and spent eight months hiding from the Janjaweed, walking from village to village until she found refuge in a camp. Now, one year later, she recalls watching Janjaweed fighters on a rampage deciding whom to kill. A fighter unwrapped swaddling cloth and rolled a newborn baby onto the dirt. The baby was a girl, so they left her. Then the Janjaweed spotted a 1-year-old boy and decided he was a future enemy. In front of a group...
...mines yet never stop performing the one job that brings them money?searching for mines?under the command of a charming, scheming 13-year-old who pretty much runs the town. Stray Dogs, shot in Kabul by Marziyeh Meshkini, focuses on the young son and daughter of a Taliban fighter who is missing in action. Their mother has been imprisoned, and each night they try to break into jail to be with her. Like so many Iranian movies, these two paint the region's political and social chaos on the faces of beautiful children. Both films are painful, poignant, hard...
...Iraqi resistance fighter traveling as an escort was quickly out of the car, speaking to the group in a somber, authoritative tone, insisting they let us go. A furious curbside debate flared. My escort continued to plead, dropping the names of high-level insurgent leaders. After what seemed like an eternity, the insurgents relented. They pushed me back into our Mazda sedan and ordered us to leave. We were lucky. The fighters included Iraqis, Syrians and Jordanians. They were members of Attawhid wal Jihad (Unity and Holy War), a militant group loyal to Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted...
...Daredevil Fire Fighter As our Milestone on Paul (Red) Adair noted [Aug. 23], the fire fighter was unequaled in his specialty of extinguishing dangerous oil-field conflagrations. More than 40 years ago, as a huge fire burned in the French Sahara, we described Adair's expertise...