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Tonight is a test of their fortitude. "We're trying something different," Van Engelen tells the Tomb Raiders as they gather around a gray satellite map of Adhamiya, preparing for their first patrol since the grenade attack. "So far our footprint has been big. This has gotten us into trouble." Van Engelen believes that the platoon will draw less attention without the humvees. The soldiers can hardly remember when they last did a foot patrol of any kind, and this will be the first one they have ever done at night. Van Engelen wants the soldiers to walk...
...CROAD MAP Maybe the reason the Administration's Middle East peace plan went nowhere is that it was given such a pedestrian name...
...blues, gospel and '60s pop with classical and art-song filigree, can rouse, amuse or establish a mood with equal ease, ennobling lines that could sound clunky if spoken: "Gonna pass me a law," sings Caroline, "no woman can be my age and not know how to read a map...
...Free-Lance Peace Plan Palestinian and Israeli non-officials try their hand at a road map, but will anyone in power actually follow...
...their training. Rifki also gave police a breakdown of the courses most recruits underwent?ranging from a basic four-month stint to two years for potential instructors. All cadets received training in infantry tactics, weaponry (everything from pistols to automatic rifles, light machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades), map reading and explosives. Rifki told police that the explosives section included "actual samples of TNT, black powder, PETN, ammonium nitrate and C4. Students also worked with detonators, detonating cords, blasting caps and timing devices (alarm clocks). Practical exercises were conducted with 100 grams of explosive material." In addition, states...