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...Quds army, an official Iraqi militia, received what he called "an incredible" order to send half the men home on leave. He challenged the edict with his brigadier, who was equally bemused. They attempted to verify it, but communications had been cut. So they dismissed half the unit and watched the other half vanish soon after. "One top commander, a traitor, can make the whole army disappear," Hussan says, ashamed of his comrades' performance. With the U.S. briefed on the locations of many of Saddam's forces, the Americans devised novel ways to intimidate troops who might have stood their...
...Pentagon warned in a report to Congress in July that "China's manned space efforts almost certainly will contribute to improved military space systems in the 2010-2020 time frame." China's space program is overseen by the 2nd Artillery Corps of the People's Liberation Army, the unit that also controls the country's nuclear arsenal...
...some critics to Kill Bill Vol. 1. With geysers of blood and a death count in the dirty dozens, with torsos sliced sideways and lengthwise, with a tongue yanked to Tex Avery--cartoon length and a 20-minute battle that boasts enough mangled bodies to keep a MASH unit busy for months, Quentin Tarantino's first film in six years tests both the rating board's tolerance (somehow, the movie got an R) and the viewer's stomach. The carnage is artfully arranged, but, some will ask, isn't there too much of it? Does it have a larger meaning...
Fitting the Stereotype: Assigned to the rowdy 4077th unit in Korea (he calls it “a fetid and festering sewer”), this well-heeled Bostonian loves wine and classical music, votes Republican, has an enormous ego and turns up his nose at all things lowbrow...
...Parcel’s CD Unit holds up to 18 discs (or double if necessary). Hang it from a hook or fold it in a square. Just like magic. Light blue or navy blue. $12. Urban Outfitters...