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...eliminating of all the police vehicles, I don’t know if that’s practical,” he said. “We need a combination of foot patrol and motor vehicle patrol. I’m not sure it’s the most efficient manner to have everyone in the city on foot...
...told his family he enjoyed handing out candy to children. His ability to charm crowds would have served him well in his other big ambition: to become U.S. President. (His niece Tasia, 3, called him Uncle America.) Keith was killed when a roadside bomb exploded while he was on patrol in Baghdad. He had requested to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. --Reported by Matt Baron/Batesville, Indiana
...Facing a more elusive enemy, coalition forces are also trying to adapt?by increasing their humanitarian efforts. Four Provincial Reconstruction Teams have been deployed by U.S. and British forces. They patrol, liaise with local leaders and work with NGOs to distribute school and building supplies, dig wells and repair bridges. "It is crucial," says Colonel Davis, "that we show measurable, visible progress in terms of stability and reconstruction." A school or clinic built by the coalition, NGOs or local government can have a huge impact on a village, providing not only services but also a rebuttal to the Taliban...
...northwest of Basra, he drove there, fast. As he approached the village, he saw British paratroopers engaged in a fierce fire fight with locals armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. The locals, enraged by reports of heavy-handed searches carried out by British troops, had attacked a patrol. When the fighting was done, four Iraqis had been killed and 17 wounded, including a 12-year-old boy. The British had said they needed al-Ebadi's help in rescuing six military policemen who were holed up in the local police station. By the time he got there...
...cordoning off the North presents legal and practical difficulties. One such obstacle: stopping ships on the high seas is questionable under international maritime law. The interception and boarding of a North Korean freighter in the Arabian Sea last December by Spanish patrol boats was not legally kosher, says a Western diplomat, despite the fact that the ship was found to be carrying North Korean-made Scud missiles to Yemen. The freighter was allowed to continue to its destination. Such interdictions will be "legally extremely complex, or just flat-out impossible," says the diplomat. However, a senior Bush Administration official says...