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...What happened during Redback Kilo Three's patrol is a war story the Australian Army would prefer to forget. During a gunfight many believe was the longest engagement by an SAS unit since the Vietnam war, the patrol's six members showed undoubted heroism. But their actions - which led to the deaths of those Afghan men - won no bravery awards. Instead they brought recriminations, investigations, and claims of command failures, insubordination, the killing of civilians, and the souveniring of trophies from the dead. Some troopers were disciplined, and the patrol leader resigned in disgust over what he believes...
...terrorists of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda. A key element of Australia's contribution to that coalition - a role known as Operation Slipper - was the legendary Special Air Service Regiment. Based in Perth, the regiment is the Australian Army's most highly trained and best equipped unit. It's said to cost more than $A1 million to train one of the 100 or so fighting men who make up each of its three regular, or Sabre, squadrons; they are experts in parachuting, deep-sea diving and waterborne assault, and can handle a variety of complex weapons with deadly skill...
...years ago, and stick with the identity she had worked so hard to establish. "But I really like the idea of honoring my husband, whom I love very much," she says. "It feels like I'm celebrating a nice tradition, and it makes us more like a family unit...
...report plots three potential sites for science facilities: one opposite Western Avenue from the 213-unit Charlesview apartment complex; a second between Charlesview and Harvard Business School (HBS) centered on Ohiri Field, and a third using parts of both sites...
...built-in speakers point backward from the projector, so the ideal place to put the unit is on the coffee table in front of you. Bear in mind that the farther back the projector is from the wall or screen, the larger the picture will appear. We were able to get a picture roughly equivalent to that of a 65-in. big-screen TV, and didn't have to adjust much for "keystoning" (the tapering that occurs when you point the movie's rectangular picture up at an angle). Once we turned out the lights, and played with contrast...