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...group of silent men in uniforms without insignia weaved purposefully through the crowd. Their uniforms and weapons were not Kurdish, though the new headscarves they had wrapped around their faces were. My interpreter and I looked at each other and giggled. Americans. They were accompanying an older American in the same style of uniform who smiled vaguely as he went into the building. Metal doors clanged shut behind him. The rest of the visitor's security detail did not try to hide their identity. Half a dozen Special Forces men drove pickups into the yard, parking next...
...strain is showing. Military police whose voluntary enlistments are up have had their terms extended--involuntarily--for a year. Many earn less money while in uniform. (Echols' public-school employer makes up the shortfall, but he estimates that only half his troops are as lucky as he is.) And spouses can be left to tackle alone an overwhelming home life. Echols' wife Denise, who is studying to be a nurse, will have to take care of three kids--ages 8, 4 and 9 months--after he ships out. That's why, when her husband comes home, she plans...
...Iraqi leader had been injured during the March 20th attack, it was evident during this speech. In fact, he appeared relatively healthy. He was sitting throughout the address and wearing a neatly pressed green military uniform and repeatedly turned the pages of his speech with his right hand. At one point near the end of his speech he took the thick sheaf of papers that contained the address and clapped them down on the podium, using both hands. There were, however, brief moments when he appeared at least slightly out of breath...
...backdrop consisting of what seemed to be an ordinary, wrinkled white bed sheet, with an Iraqi flag on Saddam's right and the Iraqi eagle symbol attached to the sheet over his left shoulder. There were two microphones attached to the podium, and he wore a third on his uniform shirt...
...this point, the Iraq TV interviewer, who seems to be in green military uniform (but whose face is off camera), begins asking the soldier questions. As he puts the Iraq TV mike to the soldier's mouth, the interviewer applies his thumb and forefinger to the soldier's head to steady it for the camera. Then to make his face more visible, the interviewer uses his hands to lift the soldier's head up, and eventually the soldier sits up on his own steam. He appears relatively calm and the questioning goes like this...