Word: uniformally
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...that war with Iraq would destabilize the entire Islamic crescent from the Mediterranean to the Himalayas and that a post-Saddam Iraq might devolve into neighbor-rattling chaos. To make sure the hotheads consider every complication and consequence, Powell has forged an informal alliance with powerful old pals in uniform at the Pentagon, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They are, like him, Vietnam-era generals who believe that regardless of whether an invasion is a good idea (and most doubt that it is), any military action must follow the old Powell doctrine: overwhelming in size and strength...
...military is openly displaying contempt for the trials, closing ranks and acting as if they've been betrayed. Their uniformed, bemedaled presence in the courtroom can be read as an attempt to remind the judiciary where the real power lies. At the opening hearing for five men accused of allowing a massacre at a church in Suai, the five army Chiefs of Staff attended with their wives, a dramatic reminder that those supporting the defendants are more powerful than those who will decide their fate. On Thursday morning, the trial of Yudyat Sudryato, a commander of the military's Kopassus...
...party benefited from an alleged ransom paid to free French hostages in Lebanon in 1988. ESTONIA SS Monument Authorities in the city of Parnu removed a monument honoring Estonians who fought alongside the Nazis in World War II. The monument showed a man in an Estonian SS uniform and bore a dedication to servicemen in what it called their efforts to liberate the homeland. The removal took place after the city blocked the unveiling of the monument and ordered a change in the inscription. SPACE The End Is-Kind of-Nigh Maybe Astronomers set a new date-and time...
...carrying settlers was ambushed by Palestinian gunmen inside the West Bank. The attacks showed that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's policy of occupying West Bank towns and imposing a curfew on the Palestinian population has not destroyed the militants' ability to strike. The gunmen, dressed in Israeli military uniform, set off a roadside bomb, which halted the bus, and then gunned down the passengers as they fled. Two groups - Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of Yasser Arafat's Fatah bloc, and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - claimed responsibility for the bus attack. IRELAND Apology to Civilians...
...pointed me to a narrow dirt path I was to follow?alone. Two minutes later?after passing a group of enthusiastic South Koreans returning from their own heady, if cursory, view of the North?I reached a ramshackle Chinese guard hut tended by a young Chinese soldier in a uniform two sizes too big. Once he ascertained that I was American, he made me an offer I couldn't refuse: "$10. We go together to North Korea." His practiced English made it clear this was not his first time...