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Afghanistan - U.S. and Afghan Forces Kill At Least 105 Rebels in Three Weeks
AFP via Babelfish translation | August 22, 2005
Posted on 08/22/2005 2:55:35 AM PDT by HAL9000
Afghanistan: 105 rebels killed in three weeks, according to the American army
KABUL - the American forces and the Afghan governmental troops killed at least 105 rebels talibans at the time of operations carried out in Afghanistan during three last weeks, announced Monday the American army.
These operations are intended to reinforce safety from the point of view of the legislative elections which must take place on September 18, declared with journalists a military spokesman American, lieutenant Cindy Moore.
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"Unmanned planes aid firefighters on ground"
Associated Press
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Firefighters across the West are getting a high-tech ally in their battle against wildland flames: a remote-controlled spy plane that doesn't mind smoke, can see in the dark and never sleeps.
Scientists have been testing whether flocks of the planes - similar to the spy drones the U.S. military flies over Iraq and Afghanistan - can help track the direction and behavior of fast-moving flames.
After the experimental flight of three unmanned aerial vehicles this summer, the U.S. Forest Service will launch the first real-life deployment next spring. The plan calls for planes to traverse a dozen Western states, mapping real forest fires 24 hours a day.
"Unmanned aircraft have the capability to do what we call the 3-D missions - the dull, dark and dangerous missions where you don't want to put a pilot on," said Vince Ambrosia, research scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the experiment was done.
Wildfire surveillance currently relies on pilots who fly over hot spots and fire perimeters in aircraft and helicopters outfitted with special heat-sensing cameras that see through smoke and spot fires. The cameras relay images to ground personnel who use the data to help them plot how best to confront the blaze."