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Some U.S. commanders think it is only a matter of time before the U.S. has to launch its own combat missions inside Pakistan. Until that happens, some think the military should consider using small squads of around 10 men to "bait them out," as one soldier suggested to another in a creek bed during the recent operation, adding, "Heck, I'll be bait." That, of course, might result in U.S. deaths, which could prove a propaganda victory for al-Qaeda. "You want to chase down every one of them, but do you want todo that on their terms or yours...
...members of the Science and Technology Policy Group will attend a national conference in Washington D.C. today to learn how to launch a chapter of Student Pugwash USA at Harvard...
...science and health-focused student groups. The big news of the night was when the meeting’s chair Aaron Y. Huang ’04, who is a member of the IOP’s Science and Technology Policy Group, announced that he is planning to launch a Harvard chapter of Student Pugwash USA, a national student group that discusses ethical issues stemming from scientific advances. (It is modeled on The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.) Huang encouraged those present to get involved...
...intense it kills the spores in biological weapons and breaks down the poisons in chemical weapons. This would keep toxins from being released into the atmosphere. Pentagon officials say another option would be to try to shut down Iraq's biological and chemical facilities as well as its missile-launch sites with high-powered microwave weapons called "E-bombs," which would fry the computer circuits needed to operate such systems. The U.S. used a similar technology to trigger widespread power failures during the 1999 war with Serbia...
...weeks ago, the unnerving game of tit-for-tat appeared to be escalating. When Pakistan tested its Shaheen missile system (capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the Indian capital of New Delhi) India retorted with its own provocative rocket launch within hours. Surprisingly, however, such brinkmanship may have spooked both nations enough to force a breakthrough in relations. When New Delhi announced on Wednesday that it was pulling back some of its 500,000 troops posted along its border with Pakistan, Islamabad said it would follow suit, and everyone concerned about potential nuclear holocaust in South Asia exhaled...