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...most of the media chose to describe the four civilian victims as "contractors," a word that conjured an image of engineers helping to rebuild the shattered country. In reality they were hired guns, former U.S. special forces guys subcontracted by the military to provide security for convoys resupplying a base - testimony, perhaps, to a military personnel shortage in Iraq being addressed through outsourcing...
With its surfeit of Oscars, Lord of the Rings has done more for New Zealand than any tourism campaign. Thankfully, there's plenty of the country's dreamscape left for those who want wide-screen scenery but don't care for Middle Earth hype. Base yourself in one of New Zealand's charming lodges and leave Hollywood behind...
Nobody thought Islamic terrorism would happen in Spain. Much of Europe is known to be a logistical base for the militants but rarely a theater of operations. "We knew there were Islamist networks in Spain, even knew who most of the people involved were," says a French counterterrorism investigator. "But we had no idea these networks and cells were operational in planning and staging attacks...
...residents of Nangalam turned off the lights in their homes just before a rocket attack on the U.S. camp. "Someone knew those rockets were coming," says a commando, who cannot be named, like almost all the special-forces members who spoke to TIME for this story. For a base of its size, Camp Blessing is still tenaciously guarded. Observation posts lurk high on the ridges and are manned by Marines on 10-day tours. The Green Berets make sure their weapons-training sessions are loud and clear. "When the whole valley hears us firing 140 rockets in a day, they...
...gags if they make us laugh," says Joel, 49. "On the other hand, if something goes over somebody's head, we don't care if not everybody gets it." Nothing makes people--especially the type of young men who watch their films over and over and form a fan base--happier than very smart jokes about very adolescent topics...