ESSAY
"Low-Tech vs. High-Tech: Different Types of Bombings in War"

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David Smith

April 15, 2003

World

National

Technology

Deaths

Iraq/Iraqi war

Second nature

Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"In recent days the United States military campaign in Iraq has been shocked by the addition of suicide bombings to the growing list of threats to American soldiers.  Civilian soldiers, paramilitary groups, and false surrenders are now supplemented with the frightening prospect of bomb-laden vehicles, soldiers, and civilians with fatalistic senses of loyalty to either the Baath party of Iraq or the growing anti-American movement among Arab nations....
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Perhaps, the only thing that can defend against the threat of bombings is to assuage the fears of American soldiers and convince them to remain focused on the military goals set before them.  This is the only method that will prevent the effects of these tactics to reach the Iraqi citizens."

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