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...offer. Wearing a wire in Switzerland, for instance, would legally have required the U.S. to get permission of the Swiss authorities - an unlikely prospect - although one experienced former U.S. attorney who asked to remain anonymous noted that he and others he knew had done that in other countries without seeking permission...
...reporters gathered to watch CEO Sheldon Adelson celebrate the roof being laid on the resort's three interlinked towers. As bongo drums pounded, Adelson, 76, turned to the architect of the project to thank him, but not before joking, "Couldn't you have designed it to look as good without the cost...
...hoping that that this tactic would draw the Taliban out of the heavily populated areas around the Helmand River - a major opium poppy growing area and a source of Taliban funds - and enable coalition and Afghan forces to re-capture and establish government control over this major Taliban bastion without causing too many civilian casualties...
...Canadian participant in the assault contacted by TIME by telephone in Nad el-Ali, on the outskirts of Marja, said that over 2,500 troops were inserted into Marja by helicopter without encountering enemy fire. "We were expecting hot landings in a few places, but there weren't any," said the Canadian who flew in on a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter accompanying British, Estonian and Afghan troops. (See pictures of the new offensive in Afghanistan...
...will simply melt away. Usually in wars, commanders keep their battle plans a secret, but NATO officers in southern Afghanistan have found that this strategy of trumpeting their intended assault has worked well in several engagements over the past six months, since it succeeds in clearing out the Taliban without incurring the heavy loss of civilians. It also allows NATO to implant Afghan troops and civic officials to restore some semblance of Kabul's control over areas previously under the sway of Taliban justice and administration. After Marja is cleared of Taliban, more than 1,900 Afghan police will support...