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...were certainly other hazards. Returning from its mission and attempting to land in pitch blackness, one Black Hawk helicopter got caught on a sand dune near the Dalbandin runway, lost its balance and flopped over, killing two crew members and injuring three others, according to a Pakistani witness. American servicemen who returned safely to Dalbandin were so jittery that they refused to brief Pakistani military officers unless the officers removed their gun holsters before approaching the helicopters. Elsewhere in Afghanistan, bands of U.S. troops continued their covert search-and-destroy missions. The ground...
...topic wasn't the swelling anthrax anxiety, but America's first casualties. Bush had heard the news long before the aides traveling with him. Up at a little after 4 a.m., he had been calling back to Washington. From Vice President Dick Cheney and others he learned that two servicemen had died in a helicopter crash in Pakistan and that the first major ground incursion into the heart of Taliban held territory was under way. He didn't gather his team staying with him but instead, at 5:30 went for a workout. Though a treadmill had been moved into...
...were certainly other hazards. Returning from its mission and attempting to land in pitch blackness, one Black Hawk helicopter got caught on a sand dune near the Dalbandin runway, lost its balance and flopped over, killing two crew members and injuring three others, according to a Pakistani witness. American servicemen who returned safely to Dalbandin were so jittery that they refused to brief Pakistani military officers unless the officers removed their gun holsters before approaching the helicopters. Elsewhere in Afghanistan, bands of U.S. troops continued their covert search-and-destroy missions. The ground...
...York Giants coach Jim Fassel was right to honor the bravery of New York City servicemen by sporting their hats last Sunday...
...servicemen and -women who frequent the clubs in Okinawa act the way they do because of what they see on the Generation X TV they watch. The solution is for the U.S. government to offer a training program that provides a better understanding of Japanese culture and language. Beyond that, anyone who commits rape should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. At the same time, anyone who falsely accuses someone of rape should suffer the same fate as a convicted rapist. Then people would think twice about making such charges. RAY FERNANDEZ Okinawa...