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...left for basic training on Sept. 19, 2001, barely a week after the terrorist attacks; she wound up in Texas at Fort Bliss, where she made about $1,100 a month as a supply clerk, keeping records, ordering toilet paper. She thought it would be good business experience and steady, safe. "They told me I'd never probably see the frontline area," she says. It was at Fort Bliss that Lynch found her soul mates: her boyfriend Ruben Contreras and her roommate Lori Piestewa, best friend and protector. Lori was a Hopi Indian, the single mother of two. "We were...
...Because Ryu had a college education, she was allowed to work as a secretary at the camp, transcribing interrogation notes and doing basic bookkeeping. Beatings were common, especially if a detainee was suspected of dealings with South Koreans or Chinese. Ryu remembers a woman six months pregnant arriving at the camp. The baby's father was Chinese. Four guards grabbed the woman's limbs and threw her toward the ceiling over and over until the woman aborted the fetus. Ryu helped clean up the blood afterwards. "The guards said they hated Chinese babies," says Ryu. "The North Koreans hate...
...force must transcend traditional military culture as well. The State Department would have to be directly involved in the training, which would include some basic diplomatic skills-knowledge of Islamic culture and mores, familiarity with the Koran and language proficiency. The X-Peacekeepers would also have to train for basic policing-how to talk to people, become part of the community and solicit information. An excellent model exists in the 24-week residential training devised for the Police Corps, an ?lite national-service program that transforms college students into police officers. In fact, Police Corps and special-forces training...
...countries where they came from and talk to them about what they know. There are five, in Europe and Asia. Should Iran be referred to the U.N. Security Council? That is for member states to decide. it is being hotly debated. But the Security Council's basic function is to ensure compliance with the [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty] and right now we are seeing compliance by Iran. So the question is: do we need to report to the Council? If [government representatives] decide against going to the Council, it should not be looked at as a reward. Are sanctions an option...
Does China's success in manned space flight command our respect? As long as the communist government there continues to deprive the Chinese of their basic human rights, the answer is a resounding no. It is well known that there are numerous democracy advocates, religious workers and protesters against corruption incarcerated in Chinese jails and labor camps. Whether China's space program is being developed for peace or war is yet to be seen. But freedom-loving people of the world need to be vigilant against dark forces. Timothy Ho Anaheim, Calif...