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...special forces, a fabled but mostly misunderstood arm of the U.S. military, didn't win the war in Iraq. But America's secret army, deployed in greater numbers than ever before and working for the first time with the support of the entire chain of command, did as much as the pilots, tankers and artillery to shorten the war. And now, as the U.S. finds itself in a deepening struggle to root out stubborn pockets of resistance and track down Saddam, the Pentagon's most specialized units are again playing outsize roles. Last week Army special forces, along with troops...
...Bush declared that the war with Iraq was over, the conflict has entered a spooky twilight phase when some days and hours can feel just as intense as those during the original invasion. But the postwar assault on Saddam's die-hards is just the latest mission for the secret commandos who are increasingly seen as the soldiers best suited for the U.S.'s continuing contest with a highly unconventional enemy in Iraq and around the globe. Special forces "have been a huge combat multiplier in this joint campaign to topple this regime," declares Army Lieut. General David McKiernan...
...making flash cards and constructing an oversize keyboard so Lorelei can type with her nose. Meanwhile Parkhurst intersperses Paul's quixotic efforts with his recollections (addressed to the reader in a chatty second person) of his romance with the moody, volatile Lexy and an intermittently engaging subplot about a secret cabal of researchers bent on endowing dogs with the power of speech using Gothically gruesome surgical techniques. This is totally implausible, but it helps reduce the novel's Q factor a little--Q for cute and quirky. Lexy and Paul meet cute, at a kitschy yard sale. She makes papier...
...Conditions inside C.-and-R. centers are so appalling, even by the grim standards of China's penal institutions, that they won't stay secret forever. Tong Yi, a New York City-based lawyer and human-rights activist who did time in both a re-education labor camp in her native Wuhan and in Beijing's main C.-and-R. center before being granted political asylum in the U.S., describes hellish scenes of healthy children and adults and the mentally ill locked up together. "Life in the center was chaotic and filthy," she recalls. "There was no drinking water, just...
...state secret that the debates between BILL CLINTON and BOB DOLE on 60 Minutes are pretty dull. But don't blame Dole: he tried to punch them up with a script that was a little edgier. Clinton nixed it, but here's a brief excerpt: "Mr. President," Dole began, "tonight I'd like to talk about the danger of unemployment...for me and you! CBS is considering pulling the plug. And I'll tell ya, no matter how big the Bush tax cut, I need the work. With your legal bills, I know you can use the cash...