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Mistakes and miscues made in the field bear out that assessment. In Mogadishu a lack of proper equipment has cost scores of lives. Pakistan sent 5,000 troops who did not have telephones, walkie-talkies, flak jackets, tear gas and even batons. Gear was eventually provided by other countries, but not before some of the poorly protected troops died in ambushes, and Somali civilians were killed when soldiers without riot gear fired their guns to dispel angry crowds. The U.N. has yet to organize an efficient communications network or stockpile enough rations. At one point food and water...
Staffers of the British Broadcasting Corp. working in Bosnia were hopping mad after getting an interoffice memo from London headquarters warning that Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Service was threatening to confiscate flak jackets needed in Bosnia. Customs, according to the memo, had also become concerned about whether four-wheel-drive vehicles were being illegally exported. It added, "The BBC, presumably in their eyes a well-known terrorist group, would be treated like any other potential mercenary." The document concluded with the sarcastic assertion that should any staffer get "shot dead by some scumbag in Bosnia," the BBC would...
...newsmagazine takes another round of flak...
Among his battles, Scanlon has locked horns with Tonight show host Jay Leno, who considers lawyers prime fodder for his monologues. Scanlon claims Leno has "apologized" after the image consultant called to complain. But Leno won't admit to taking back any flak. When asked about the lawyer-boosting campaign, Leno chortled, "I can't say anything until I speak to my attorney! I mean, come on. We're not advocating violence or the overthrow of the judicial system, we're just telling silly jokes...
...from a widely leaked plan to name Bruce Babbitt to the Supreme Court when environmentalists complained that they would be losing their key ally at the Interior Department. When Robert Dole of Kansas and Orrin Hatch of Utah objected to Babbitt's lack of courtroom experience, it was more flak than Clinton could bear...