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...suit is made of a water-repellent nyloncotton shell laminated to layers of carbon spheres that absorb chemical and biological agents and are bonded to a knit back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lethal Weapons | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

...proudly shows off the mangled 7.62mm AK-47 shell the surgeons pulled from his right leg. The medic Barbe, however, is troubled by the news that an ambulance might have opened fire on his fellow soldiers. The rules of war don't seem to apply in Iraq. "That red cross is the only protection we got," says Barbe, "and they clearly don't care about that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of a Medevac | 4/5/2003 | See Source »

...keep going. When you're a leader, you've got to see to it that everything gets done. As long as you can stand up, you keep going. After getting shot, I stepped off the ramp and thought the water would be ankle deep, but I stepped into a shell crater, so I went down holding all my gear and was completely underwater. The other guys pulled me up, and we started our assault of the cliffs. We fired hooks, with ropes attached, onto the cliffs, and we set about climbing the ropes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 16229 | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...softspoken woman, becoming a political activist has meant both coming out of her shell and entering a realm of Yang’s life she had never seen before...

Author: By Romina Garber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wife of Jailed Activist Keeps Hope | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...coming from right over that berm," yelled Micthell, pointing to a ridge 500 meters off to the right. "Shoot that woodline, shoot that woodline." Jones opened fire with his .50 caliber machine gun as up ahead Barbarians 2 and 4 did the same with their same weapons. Hot shell casings fell about Jones' feet inside the track. A few hundred meters ahead three Iraqi's sprinted across the road, firing upon Wallace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charlie Rock Strikes Back | 3/30/2003 | See Source »

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