Word: defeated
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...Islamabad has vehemently denied any involvement in the incident - and at one point even accused India of hijacking its own plane in order to point a finger at Pakistan. While Pakistan's military ruler, General Parvez Musharraf, officially condemned the hijacking, his armed forces - still smarting from their political defeat in last year's attempted land grab in the Indian-controlled section of Kashmir - don't appear set to rein in anti-Indian terrorism originating within Pakistani borders. Maulana Masood Azhar, the Pakistani cleric whose release from an Indian prison was the key demand of the Indian Airlines hijackers, celebrated...
...Army's $2.1 billion effort to turn soldiers into 21st century fighting machines may be facing defeat. The "Land Warrior" program, launched in 1996, packs 90 lbs. of computers, radios, targeting devices and body armor onto a sci-fi G.I. topped with a Cyclops-like helmet...