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...insurgents scramble into a ditch. But Abu Ali calls them back. His plan is set. "God is great," he intones. The three rockets ignite at 2sec. intervals and screech away into the dark. In a matter of minutes, the raid is over. The firing team picks up the launch frame and loads it into the waiting cars. The perimeter detail melts into surrounding fields. The vehicles fan out to take team members--and the reporter--away. According to the insurgents, U.S. helicopters cased the field in vain after the cell left. "We move here with no problem," says...
...network's technical expert and de facto chief. Trained in Europe for Saddam's weapons program, he specialized in missile warheads and electronics as an Iraqi official. Recently, he says, he has developed methods to launch helicopter missiles from the ground. Following a strict chain of command, cell leaders report to Abu Ali, passing intelligence up the chain and carrying instructions back down. Under his guidance the insurgents weigh information on U.S. troop movements and select targets. When they are ready to strike, they quickly activate men and weaponry. The cells work in their own regions, but from time...
...create a perfect HIV breeding ground, to Beijing, for his meetings with party leaders, including the newly appointed Minister of Health, Wu Yi. Everywhere Ho went, his mission was the same: to persuade Chinese officials to step up their modest anti-AIDS efforts and commit the resources necessary to launch a comprehensive nationwide program, modeled on the projects he has begun in Yunnan...
...strikes that scattered its leaders and killed a few hundred fighters. Intelligence officials say some of the highly trained men slipped away to regroup in Iran. Those who took refuge in Iranian Kurdish cities have been crisscrossing the border in teams of two or three to launch attacks. Analysts in Washington say Ansar operatives appear to be roaming the country, looking for targets on their own or occasionally hooking up with regime loyalists. "They're still alive. They're still a factor. They're a danger," says a senior U.S. intelligence official...
...Airbus' 300). At the same time, the company is suffering back-to-back ethical scandals in its work for the government. First came allegations that Boeing improperly got hold of thousands of pages of documents from rival Lockheed Martin in a competition for $1 billion of space-launch business for the Air Force. Then just days before Condit's resignation, Boeing fired its chief financial officer, Michael Sears, for "unethical conduct" in his conversations with an Air Force official handling a $20 billion contract for 100 Boeing refueling tankers. The deal is on hold while the Pentagon's inspector general...