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...coalition's technological advantage is less important when the combat is face to face and takes place in neighborhoods the Iraqis know and control. Intelligence will be crucial: blueprints of the city's infrastructure and satellite photos to identify Iraqi movement will help, as will specially designed urban-combat gear...
...French tightrope artist had friends carry gear to the top of the still unfinished north tower. On a breezy morning he frolicked on a wire to the south tower, 1,350 ft. up, crossing eight times in 45 minutes, before a cop told him to come...
...cable, Fox News's patriotism found, if it were possible, an even higher gear. The network's onscreen graphics referred to "our troops," and contributor Oliver North, reporting with a 1st Marine Unit, said, "Every Marine out here watches Fox News ... because it portrays them the way they are: American." Fox's coverage was not the most neutral, but perhaps because of its pro-G.I. attitude, soldiers seemed to open up most to its correspondents. CNN's depth of international reporters showed, and it got some remarkable white-knuckle reporting in Baghdad from Nic Robertson, barking out a blow...
He’s learning to use riot gear and deal with foreign civilians. He’s brushing up on his martial arts skills. And Saturday, while police monitored anti-war protests across the country, Marinelarena and fellow members of Bravo company ran obstacle courses after being hit with pepper spray three times the strength of what police carry...
...while the first bombs fell in Baghdad, I went to the Army Barracks Army/Navy Store to purchase a travel bag for my trip to Cancun, taking advantage of the marked-down army gear that some use in the sand storms of Iraq, and I chose to use in the sand dunes of Cancun. I purchased something called a “British CFP Pack,” and an “Ammunition Bag,” and used both as carry-ons, for such important belongings as my snorkel...