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...Iraqis." In that conflict Saddam's troops often bogged down in offensive operations but excelled in defense, particularly when resisting Iranian thrusts into their homeland. Though individual units sometimes broke under fire, the main ground forces proved to be courageous, tenacious -- and maliciously inventive. One bizarre operation rigged lowland marshes with electrodes to kill Iranians as they waded through the water toward Iraqi lines...
...connect cleared areas are also destructive, since they provide avenues along which species from one area can invade another (plant seeds, for example, can stick to vehicle tires). Wao Kele O Puna may not be the most pristine forest in Hawaii, but just 10% of the state's original lowland rain forest remains intact. The forest is still home to animals, such as the Hawaiian hawk and the happy-face spider, which are found only in the islands, as well as to unique medicinal plants. Says Henry Auwae, a practitioner of herbal medicine who traveled to Washington last year...
...blenders, but 70 distilleries bottle small amounts for sale to a growing body of purists who drink them neat or with a bit of water, or like brandy in postprandial snifters. Single malts are as different from one another as Burgundy wines are from Bordeaux: a soft, sweetish Lowland malt like Auchentoshan is a wholly different taste experience from Laphroaig, one of the tangy, medicinal whiskies produced on the isle of Islay (pronounced EYE-la). Part of the appeal of these whiskies, in fact, is their craggy names. Once you've learned how to pronounce it, who can resist ordering...
Meanwhile, at Washington's National Zoo another experiment was under way: scientists wanted to acquaint their rare golden lion tamarins with a facsimile of their natural habitat, a lowland Brazilian forest. But the coddled, zoo- happy monkeys lacked some basic skills -- how, for instance, to peel a banana. Instead, they fell out of the trees and got lost in the woods...
...government and the Peoples Republic of China sever diplomatic relations. Because Holland has long been a close ally of the United States and was one of the first members of the United Nations to recognize the Beijing government, the summer's events beg the question of what this tiny lowland state--traditionally and self-consciously moderate--could have done to offend these behemouths. The answer lies in Dutch government policies which blind it to the international consequences of its domestic actions...