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...compelling reason to scale back air strikes: doing so could help contain anti-American unrest in Pakistan, a war aim that will become vital as the thrust of the campaign shifts to ground operations by special forces. U.S. commandos staging from bases in Pakistani territory have already faced mortal danger. When two Chinook helicopters landed at the Panjgur airport in southern Pakistan after retrieving a downed U.S. chopper, aviation sources tell TIME, they were met with a swarm of bullets from pro-Taliban, Pakistani irregulars who were guarding the airport. The Chinooks returned fire for several minutes before roaring...
...thing, Iraq would not give the U.S. the luxury of a leisurely build up. But much more important, Saddam knows that the objective of any new war would not be the removal of his forces from Kuwait, as in 1991, but the removal of him from this mortal coil. He would thus have no incentive to do anything other than to fight with every weapon at his disposal, however villainous--and would have the time to do so. The U.S. would have to reply with some massive display of force. So a second Gulf War fought like the first could...
...compelling reason to scale back air strikes: doing so could help contain anti-American unrest in Pakistan, a war aim that will become vital as the thrust of the campaign shifts to ground operations by special forces. U.S. commandos staging from bases in Pakistani territory have already faced mortal danger. When two Chinook helicopters landed at the Panjgur airport in southern Pakistan after retrieving a downed U.S. chopper, aviation sources tell TIME, they were met with a swarm of bullets from pro-Taliban, Pakistani irregulars who were guarding the airport. The Chinooks returned fire for several minutes before roaring...
...display of faithful dedication, the document is inspiring. It contains injunctions to pray continuously, exhortations to purify one’s soul and reminders that the rewards of paradise far surpass the trials and tribulations of this mortal coil...
...Disney movie formula. But for sheer imagination and consistent superb quality, nobody can touch Pixar’s phenomenal production company, which can charm laughs and approval even from a thing as deadly as a human child. If bedroom closet doors serve as portals between the monstrous and the mortal, Pixar movies serve as portals between reality and virtual reality. With the release date of Monsters, Inc. moved up from its usual Thanksgiving weekend slot to make room for the Harry Potter extravaganza, right now we’ll leave the animation evolution to Linklater and simply revel in Lasseter?...