Word: soldierism
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...Details remained sketchy through the night and into the morning. Official statements from the U.S. military in Baghdad said only that a U.S. soldier, whose name was not released, disappeared about 7:30 p.m. in central Baghdad, outside the Green Zone. Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, a spokesman for the infantry division in charge of Baghdad security, said a Baghdad resident called one of the military's tip lines saying kidnappers grabbed the soldier. Withington said the search was ongoing but offered no further information...
...Associated Press reported that a U.S. military official in Washington said the missing soldier was an Army translator of Iraqi descent who may have ventured into Baghdad to visit family when he was taken. So far, the house-to-house search has centered on Baghdad's central Karradah district, which U.S. and Iraqi security forces have sealed...
...three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say, 'That damn marijuana.'" GENERAL RICK HILLIER, chief of the Canadian defense staff, quoting a Canadian soldier's comments to him on Afghanistan's wild cannabis forests, which are difficult to eradicate and also provide cover for insurgent Taliban fighters...
...slants, or colors whatever is viewed through it." Prism also happens to be the title of one of the works in the show-Imants Tillers' 1986 painting, from a private collection in Sydney. Assembled on 165 canvas boards and referencing both Expressionist Georg Baselitz's figure of a German soldier and Timmy Payungka Japangardi's Kangaroo and Shield People Dreaming, this postmodern picture puzzle announces the exhibition's intriguing but not wholly convincing contention-that multicultural voices and Aboriginal culture have colonized Australian art. "That's really the message we have-lots of cultural backgrounds coming into our show," says...
...courage in facing tragedy and in becoming stronger as a result [Oct. 2]. I say that as a doctor who has seen many amputees. Weisskopf's position as a senior correspondent for a major magazine meant that he got the best care. But what happens to the soldier with a high school diploma who never saw a doctor before his injury and who may return home to a setting that is ill equipped to get him to even the nearest wheelchair vendor? Our soldiers also deserve top-quality care for their injuries. Stuart J. Glassman, M.D. Concord, New Hampshire...