Word: materiel
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...dissolution of the Soviet Union has cut off a principal source of money and materiel for left-wing extremist groups throughout the world. The formerly communist countries of Eastern Europe that once offered training bases and safe haven to terrorists are now cooperating with the West in tracking them down. In the Middle East, allied bombs and U.N. sanctions have left Iraq without the means or gumption to continue sponsoring terrorists. Since the gulf war, Syrian President Hafez Assad has taken care not to antagonize the U.S. He has expelled some foreign terrorists from Syrian-controlled Lebanon and has reportedly...
...military's solidity is illusory. Ever dependent on Moscow center to feed an enormous appetite for men and materiel, the armed forces find they cannot sustain themselves. They have struggled through five years of political disparagement and military failure, and they have watched their privileges and perks dwindle away. Now "the collapse is finally happening," says Dr. Patrick Parker, an analyst at the Naval Postgraduate School in California. "The economic destruction of the Soviet Union is having a massive effect...
...Phantom jet parts to Iran from the U.S. offers a good illustration of the process. The deal starts when B.C.C.I. learns from its sources in Iran that it wants to buy spare parts. B.C.C.I. and its agents then research the supplier market to obtain the price of the materiel. Because U.S. restrictions on the sale of such equipment to Iran make this particular deal illegal, B.C.C.I. next provides a falsified end-user ; certificate saying the jet parts will be sold to Israel. The bank then opens a letter of credit -- a form of financing only a bank...
...gulf deployment showed the best, and the worst, of the weekend warriors. Air National Guard fighters and attack planes knocked out Iraqi tanks, and the Air Reserve conducted a huge airlift of troops and materiel. A force composed of the Marine Reserve blasted through Saddam Hussein's defenses and led the way to Kuwait City...
...after the smoke had cleared and an unchallenged French line lay strung across a third of Iraq's width, Paris felt it had grounds for some chest thumping. Said General Gilbert Forray, the army Chief of Staff: "We can never emphasize enough the excellence of our men and materiel...