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...special-forces linkups with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan against the Taliban in 2001. In the northern Iraqi autonomous zone of Kurdistan, U.S. troops are readying the various Kurdish militias for war. They are conducting weapons training and policing an alliance among them. And since September, at Taszar air base in Hungary, the U.S. has also been providing combat training to 5,000 Iraqi rebels, including Kurds and Shi'ites from the south. Another group trained at Taszar will become advisers to the special forces and are expected to help form any post-Saddam military administration...
...visit to the marine base in Jacksonville, N.C., did Reilly find only prostitutes, exotic dancers and tattoo artists to speak to? What about all the other residents? A city dedicated to its military members came across as nothing more than hedonistic. I hope he will return later to help us mourn our dead and carry on our tradition of assisting their families. SHERRIE MICKELSON Jacksonville...
...longest-serving head of state and has been Cuba's unchallenged strongman since 1959, when his guerrilla movement, led by Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, overthrew the island-state's military dictatorship. In 1962, Castro almost caused a nuclear war when he allowed the then Soviet Union to base long-range ballistic missiles in Cuba, prompting a tense face-off between Washington and Moscow until the Soviets backed down and removed the weapons...
...justified are such concerns? To some, the problem with blending commerce and culture is that the bottom line could take precedence over other considerations, like creative development. Others feel such arguments are purely reflexive. "It's intellectual snobbery," says Colin Tweedy, chief executive of Arts & Business, a London-based body that develops partnerships between business and the arts. To him, corporate ideology brings the arts two blessings. The first: financial accountability, which he sees as a road to longevity. The second? "The private sector is far less onerous in its stipulations," he insists, dismissing the idea that corporate sponsors seek...
Lentz worked in the outfield sparingly during fall practices, and Mann started a game at first base last season. Both players could see time in the designated hitter spot as well...