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...radio kept the patrol leader in touch with the coalition base at Bagram, and in theory gave him access to the might of the U.S. Air Force. Convinced he was under attack from al-Qaeda fighters, he called for air support. It was refused: the risk of anti-aircraft missiles meant the Americans were unwilling to fly at the low altitude necessary. Headquarters also ruled out flying in more troops because the landing zone was deemed too dangerous...
...several other villagers grabbed a few rope cots to use as stretchers for the wounded, but the intensity of the bombing forced them back until daybreak. One of the tribal elders had a walkie-talkie. He managed to call a nearby police station, whose officers contacted the coalition base at Khost, about 60 km away, to say U.S. warplanes were killing innocent tribesmen. Once out of the valley, three squadron found a safe area and made camp. There, says the patrol leader, the trooper who had taken the trophies began showing them off, even putting on the dead...
Serious questions have also been raised about the Cooper client base, disproportionately made up of motivated people who are not terribly obese and, significantly, well-to-do and white--a more than trivial problem when the obesity crisis hits hardest in poor and minority communities...
Derek Chambers, the next batter, grounded a single through the left side of the infield. On the ensuing throw from left field, Crimson senior Ian Wallace airmailed the cutoff for a two-base error, scoring Helms...
...While the security realities are increasingly suggesting that the U.S. deployment in Iraq may have to continue for six years or longer, it's far from clear that the new government can sell that idea to its own support base...