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...Qaeda sniper in particular was getting on Perez's nerves. Hiding 500 yards away, he'd come out shooting--and he seemed to be spotting for a mortar unit. He'd wave and flip his middle finger at the Americans before ducking back inside his stone nest. He continued to elude U.S. fire until Perez teamed up with Sergeant Jerry Higley, another squad leader. Their M-4s didn't have magnifying scopes, and the distance and rising trajectory of their bullets made hitting the sniper a challenge. So the two sergeants began working together. Higley squeezed off rounds as Perez...
...more we can concentrate on those we're not familiar with." A few of the highest-risk trucks--the ones that arrive without proper documents, say--are offloaded and searched. But that takes hours and is practical for only the most suspicious cargoes. So in December, Anderson's unit acquired a Star Wars gizmo called the Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System (VACIS), which bombards truck containers with gamma rays to produce an incredibly detailed image of what's inside. The VACIS, which takes 45 seconds to scan one trailer, is ideal for finding hidden compartments and has helped Anderson...
...minivan. It is all part of the U.S. giant's grand plan to boost its sales in the fast-growing Asian market. "GM Daewoo will be the biggest piece of our business in the region," says Nick Reilly, the incoming chief executive of the new GM Daewoo unit...
...fall. There is plenty to fear. The Indian army says the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the main Pakistani militant group in Kashmir, is planning a "spectacular"?a terrorist attack designed to sabotage the election. Indian intelligence claims to have intercepted a Sept. 1 radio conversation between an LeT unit inside Kashmir and its commander. TIME obtained a transcript of the recording, which ran like this...
...Unit: "We have got four targets and two have been identified by our comrades in the Jaish-e-Mohammed. We are meeting with all our comrades to discuss our plans, which we will then carry...