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Iraqi units are entrenched in their now traditional triangular forts, formed of packed sand, with an infantry company equipped with heavy machine guns holding each corner. Soldiers are protected by portable concrete shelters or dugouts of sheet metal and sand. Tanks are hull deep in the ground and bolstered with sandbags. Artillery pieces are deployed at the apex of each ! triangle, pre-aimed at "killing zones" created by flaming trenches and minefields. Defensive deployments like these are immobile; the officers learned in their war with Iran to hunker down, absorb attacks and fire back with artillery, often loaded with chemical...
There are at least two ways to recognize a member of Iraq's Republican Guards. The first is the triangular red and gold patch worn on his uniform's shoulders. The second is more subtle but just as telling: a Republican Guard tends to look healthier than a regular soldier. No wonder: the guards are paid about 300 dinars a month (roughly $900) -- double the wages of an ordinary conscript -- and are pampered with such perks as free housing and free cars...
Harvard had previously defeated the Princeton crew in Augusta but realized that Saturday's triangular match with the undefeated Bulldog eight would be the first true test of the Crimson's mettle...
...things I could do to get Trump's goat, such as carving "For a good time, call Ivana" into the meal tray or using my Seatfone to warn the cockpit that my fellow Hezbollah terrorists would blow up Trump Tower if I wasn't given a second serving of triangular cheese with a little...
...those who dare not venture Jeschke's "triangular trade route," we would happily offer to drive. Elaine Wong Beth Diamond Wellesley College