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...found a string of failures ... fundamental failures throughout all levels of command, from the soldiers on the ground to the Central Command and to the Pentagon." TILLIE FOWLER, a member of James Schlesinger's panel investigating the prison abuses in Iraq...
...found a string of ... fundamental failures throughout all levels of command, from the soldiers on the ground to the Central Command and to the Pentagon." TILLIE FOWLER, member of the U.S. government panel investigating the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers...
...trial of strength didn't turn out to be easy at all. A tactical victory at the shrine would rouse wholesale Shi'ite resistance to his government. A decision to back down would destroy Allawi's ability to impose order on insurgents across the country. At the Pentagon, officials were keen to be done with al-Sadr once and for all but acknowledged it would take an unacceptable level of force to do the job. They insisted that they were not calling the shots: any decision to storm the mosque would be Allawi's. The Prime Minister declared that...
...order to whisk warriors to global hot spots in a hurry, the military is counting on its new 19-ton armored vehicle known as the Stryker. The Pentagon persuaded Congress to spend $8.7 billion on 2,096 Strykers because of their ability to be loaded into the ubiquitous C-130 cargo planes, flown to war zones, then immediately rolled down the planes' back ramp and into combat. To convince doubters, the Army even staged a demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base, in which a Stryker and its 11-troop crew emerged from the belly of a C-130 like toothpaste...
...steel cage is only a temporary fix. But the final solution--form-fitting armor that will be ready next year--weighs even more, 4.5 tons, and takes 10 hours to bolt on. That's a long delay for a vehicle designed for rapid entry into combat. The Pentagon, while not disputing the GAO report, points out that the Stryker could be transported by ship and rail if necessary...