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Will it all work? The helicopters will be vulnerable to the 100 or so shoulder-launched, CIA-purchased, Soviet-war-era Stinger missiles still in the hands of the Taliban. The Stingers have one of the greatest records of any killing machine ever invented; a 1989 U.S. Army study found that the Afghans took down 269 Soviet aircraft with them in 340 attempts. But less high-tech weaponry will serve just as well; in 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 U.S. soldiers were killed, including six Delta Force commandos who tried to rescue airmen from two Black Hawk helicopters downed...
Clutching a coffee cup, he agrees with my calculation that it took him about half an hour to settle Britain's strategy after he received news of the Sept. 11 attacks: stand "shoulder to shoulder" with the U.S. to build a big coalition against terror, one that would include armed force. "I saw it in very simple, clear terms. I don't really see how you can see it any differently." The horror of the attack meant that the U.S. "would put its entire strength into dealing with the perpetrators." It would either "be left...
...press conference last Thursday, President Bush spoke of "our war against terror," which, when one brings it home, would suggest a war against fear. How does one fight such a war? On Sept. 11, an easy-gaited people became a shadowed figure looking over its shoulder. The President said one should "take comfort" in the FBI's advisory. Is everybody comfy...
...This 15-lb., shoulder-mounted Bunker Defeat Munition has a range of 15 to 500 yds. and can be fired by ground forces on their final approach...
...Johnston Gate. Always a popular pick-up point, Johnston Gate was filled a mass of people standing against the cast-iron gate, lined up like convicts getting mug shots. A male in a tight t-shirt with extremely large muscles held a girl cave-man style over his shoulder. When she dismounted and boarded the shuttle, her friend advised her. “It isn’t cool. He’s your prefect...