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...grandfather served as a medic in World War II, a war that really was necessary to preserve freedom. Every man he trained with was killed. Now he refuses to watch a movie or read a book that has anything to do with war. The President is willing to let thousands of Americans die in his quest for global supremacy. I would gladly go into battle against Iraq or any other nation that is a threat, as long as George W. Bush led the charge like the warrior he fancies himself to be. PETER MCINERNEY Chicago...
...Knoxville gets up twice before going down for good. As Knoxville falls the third time, his skull catches the corner of a jewelry counter, and blood spurts from his head, creating a growing pool on the carpet. Knoxville, who does not snore, is snoring in his concussion. The set medic runs over and wraps gauze around his head. No one is laughing. In person, this is not funny...
...fire. Harazi, who had been protected from the blast by a pillar, was unhurt and ran to Yoel just as another bomb was thrown through a window. Shrapnel wounded Harazi in the legs and face, but he got out and ran 50 yds. back to the medic unit. "Eyal is lying in there burning!" he shouted to the medics. "There are a lot of others you need to rescue." But nine men caught in the initial ambush died, as did Yoel and three others of their would-be rescuers. A few hours later, a Golani Brigade soldier was shot...
...stained, the parade of archived, bloody images marches on. They are everywhere, in trailers for upcoming special features, in advertisements for Islamic charities set up to aid the Palestinians, in a special report on young victims featuring footage of a child lying near death while a medic pumps air into her lifeless, thin chest. Spliced into this footage are scenes of Israeli children frolicking in lush green fields...
...just one chapter in a remarkable biography. "When they read his resume, I couldn't believe it," said a senior White House aide. "It just kept going." Carmona grew up in Harlem and dropped out of high school at 17. He joined the Army and served as a medic in Vietnam, eventually becoming a decorated Green Beret. After finishing his Army service and earning his GED, he went to college and medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. In 1985 he moved to Tucson and started the area's first trauma-care program. Since one stressful job apparently...