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...disseminate their payload before impact, which destroys much of their lethal contents. Allied planners are tracking Iraq's efforts to convert training jets into "drones of death" carrying tanks of liquid anthrax that could be sprayed over Israel. Military experts are confident the U.S. and its allies could shoot down such slow-moving planes before they pose a danger to civilians. "One of the reasons invasion is a plausible option is precisely because Iraq is so weak," says Gary Samore, who headed the National Security Council's nonproliferation policy in the Clinton Administration. "It has very few credible options...
...northeastern Afghanistan. "They're not ours," the Afghan shouted, letting John know that the helicopter could be fired on from below. The Taliban fighters, however, were so stunned by the appearance of the beastly aircraft roaring above them that they did not have time to shoulder their weapons and shoot before it flew out of range. "Wonderful," the CIA officer shouted to his Afghan comrade...
...chilling disclosure. Until now, attacks against U.S. outposts in Afghanistan have been haphazard. Bands of pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas would engage in shoot-and-run assaults, such as lobbing a single wildly aimed mortar round and then hightailing it over the mountains. These strikes typically caused more nuisance than harm. Ghani's confession, however, suggested that for the first time anti-U.S. forces were creeping back from their hideouts across the Pakistani border and regrouping in large numbers. Their aim is to pour heavy fire on the Americans, forcing them to retreat from their isolated bases...
...Thimpu. The apple man in the film?and on the set?is a perfect representative of the innocence of old Bhutan that Dondup initially finds so unattractive. Despite the crew's genuine efforts to make him understand that he's an actor, the apple-seller thinks everything about the shoot is real. For three weeks, each time he is asked to board a vehicle bound in the story for Thimpu, he believes he's actually going home. When a scene calls for him to fall asleep by a campfire, he does just that. When he's offered...
...bombs start falling again, Nadam won't be driving for the army: his eyes would probably make him a liability. He hopes to fight, though. "If they give me a Kalashnikov, I can shoot. I'll wait for instructions and do what I'm told." Does he think he can make a significant contribution to the war effort? "I will do what I can," he says. "Whether that is a little or a lot, only God can decide...