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The French finally attack. (Scan).(Brief Article)
The following story, circulating on the Internet, is accurate, not true:
The clean-up portion of the ground war in Afghanistan heated up yesterday when the Allies revealed plans to airdrop a platoon of crack French existentialist philosophers into the country to destroy the morale of the remaining Taliban zealots by proving the non-existence of God.
Elements from the feared Jean-Paul Sartre Brigade, or "Black Berets," will be parachuted into the combat zones to spread doubt, despondency, and existential anomie among the enemy. Hardened by numerous intellectual battles fought during their long occupation of Paris's Left Bank, their first action will be ...
- How Black Berets brought peace to Kabul.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) May 19, 2002 700+ words
...ALASDAIR MacLEOD THE Afghans call them the Black Berets - tough Highlanders trying to bring...Sgt McIlroy said: "They call us the Black Berets down there. After that night they know...The Loya Jerga - with help from the Black Berets - hopes to make the peace perfect and...
- Army recalling Chinese-made black berets.
- News wire article from: United Press International May 2, 2001 700+ words
...and disposing of all Chinese-made black berets, according to the Pentagon, ending...Shinseki, who made the decision to give black berets to all Army service members, both active...The most passionate outcry against the black berets came from the Army's Ranger unit and...
- ARMY'S NEW LOOK: BLACK BERETS.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) June 12, 2001 700+ words
...the soldiers of the world's best army,'' he said. The black berets will be worn on bases at home and overseas, while helmets...Members of the Army's Rangers had complained that making black berets general issue would cheapen theirs, a symbol they had worked...
- Pentagon halts the handout of black berets.
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Scarborough, Rowan March 14, 2001 700+ words
...Berry Amendment" and ordered hundreds of thousands of black berets from Third World countries, including China. The amendment...in times of crisis. The Army's decision to purchase the black berets from companies who manufacture them overseas may undermine...
- Troubles in the Army' purchase of black berets were caused by a rush to meet a...
- Newspaper article from: Set-Aside Alert January 11, 2002 700+ words
Troubles in the Army' purchase of black berets were caused by a rush to meet a deadline set by Chief of...report, "Contract Management: Update on DOD's Purchase of Black Berets" (GAO-02-165), the auditors said Gen. Shinseki announced...
- RANGERS FIGHT BACK AT ARMY BID TO USURP BLACK BERETS.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Rosenberg, Eric February 5, 2001 700+ words
...troops would be required to wear as standard headgear the black berets previously reserved for elite Ranger units, the decision...These problems will not be solved by giving everyone black berets." So far, 8,000 people have signed the petition.
- Beret mutiny.(push for soldiers to wear black berets)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Bedard, Paul Enrich, David Parker, Suzi Newman, Richard J. Mazzetti, Mark July 23, 2001 700+ words
...chain of command. We hear that when the Army chief of staff, Gen. Eric Shinseki, began pushing to have all soldiers wear black berets, the Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. Hugh Shelton, warned him repeatedly that it was a bad idea. Shelton objected to stealing...
- UPI News Update, Army recalling Chinese-made black berets.
- News wire article from: United Press International May 2, 2001 700+ words
WASHINGTON, May 02, 2001 The U.S. Army is collecting and disposing of all Chinese-made black berets, according to the Pentagon, ending a four-month firestorm over the new headgear, selected to represent the Army's transformation...