Posts from — July 2003

U.S. adopts aggressive tactics – Wash. Post
These jackboots were made for kickin’

Col. David Hogg, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, said tougher methods are being used to gather the intelligence. On Wednesday night, he said, his troops picked up the wife and daughter of an Iraqi lieutenant general. They left a note: “If you want your family released, turn yourself in.” Such tactics are justified, he said, because, “It’s an intelligence operation with detainees, and these people have info.”

We ate dinner on the ground floor of this skinny building on Sunday.

I would love to have one of these. This would be great in Kyoto, or Kurashiki, I suppose.