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About 40 miles south, where Kurdish territory runs into the Sunni heartland, there are growing fears of insurgent attacks. Iraqis are now in charge of trying to maintain security. The police station at Tuz Khurmatu is surrounded by concrete barriers and barbed wire, and its 20 officers have new flak jackets and Glock pistols, all courtesy of the U.S. Police chief Colonel Abbas Mohammed Amin has added six new patrol cars to the single vehicle he had in October. Four were gifts from the U.S., and two were confiscated from looters. His men's salaries have been increased from...
...supporting terrorism?’” he says. “At the same time, there are people on the left who feel that it’s too critical. I think that if you’re getting an equal amount of flak from both sides, you’ve found a good center...
...dark dots on the sight that line up a target. The Americans have given Iraq's police other equipment as well: Motorola walkie-talkies, Nissan Maxima patrol cars and bulletproof vests. But the technology can't come fast enough. The 259 men under Dhahir's command share 35 flak jackets...
...contact with the grape skins; the wine is best enjoyed young. First-timers should try the can't-go-wrong bottlings from the Château de Flaugergues in Languedoc. There's also Spanish rosado and Australia's wonderful Turkey Flat Rosé. Serve chilled and take no flak: wine snobs have no idea what they're missing...
...Geoff Hoon Defense Secretary His office took flak for outing Kelly, but he escaped censure and kept...