Word: conscripts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Hashem is an Iraqi army conscript. That makes it almost certain that he will be on the front lines if the U.S. leads an invasion of Iraq. "It's his duty to defend his country," remarks Ali, radiant in her white dress. She says it with a sigh of resignation that is frequently heard on the streets of Baghdad these days. If interviews conducted mostly in the presence of a government minder are an indication, most Iraqis feel that although Saddam Hussein agreed last week to new U.N. weapons inspections, war is coming nonetheless, either because their government will...
...Bush doesn't care whether these organizations and nations have legitimate grounds to question his economic, political and strategic objectives. Such behavior cannot fail to promote war. And there will surely be a terrible war, not only for American service members but also for the average Iraqi conscript and all the other innocents caught up in this conflict. PETER MARSHALL Bangkok...
...FARC’s members are volunteers being well-paid and equipped with high-tech weaponry, all financed by the lucrative drug trade. Colombia’s government relies on the largesse of US taxpayers and the 3.5 percent of its GDP Lee mentions to fund a conscript army with devastatingly low morale. Just what is Lee’s proposal for a resounding defeat of FARC on the battlefield (such as it is—endless stretches of rainforest, mainly) that has eluded the military elite of Colombia, the United States, and analysts the world over? Overwhelming military force...
...focus on capturing Osama bin Laden even if this exacerbates the refugees' problems, which Washington has advocated. Outside Kandahar, the Taliban are stopping families at gunpoint and turning them back from the border road. U.N. officials say the Taliban are letting some women and children through--after they forcibly conscript the men. But few Afghans are willing to wait until the bombs fall before they make their dash to safety. Relief officials have coined a new term for these people, the "internally stuck." And nobody wants to be stuck in a raging...
...struggled to regain his footing, Clinton was even able to conscript a few ragged surrogates to put a noble if belated spin on the Rich pardon. Clinton did it, they said, to please Ehud Barak, as a gift to a man who risked so much for peace that he got kicked out of office. One problem with that explanation is that Israeli officials downplay Barak's role, saying it consisted of a brief mention during one phone call; sources close to Clinton contend there were at least three. Either way, the Rich effort paled beside Barak's unsuccessful effort...