In the aftermath of the night battle, the task force found itself surrounded, and the Chinese troops were chanting in all directions against the Americans.
Barack Obama announced earlier this year that the US was deploying a "battle-ready" task-force of about 900 soldiers to Poland, as well as armour across eastern Europe.
Responding to the violence, the Bush administration has returned to the United Nations -- a body spurned in the buildup to the war in Iraq -- to try to secure a mandate that would encourage other countries to send troops to help in the battles and tasks that lie ahead.
This turns out to be a positive development for the Army, because the exigencies of the Iraq war are forcing the decision-making downward; tank captains tell of being handed authority, mid-battle, for tasks that used to be reserved for colonels, such as directing helicopter close-air support.
The chaos of battle complicates the task of those seeking the truth.
Fortunately for the king, at the crisis of the battle, the Simyra task force appeared on the scene to make its junction with the main army and thus saved the situation.
Yesterday, the administration lost a preliminary battle to keep task force records secret, though the court invited the vice president to test the one privilege he has refused to invoke.
1. specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject 2. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) The word jargon has appeared in 159 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Dec. 8 in "Constantly Checking In, Without Ever Checking In" by Howard Beck: Covering a professional sports labor battle can be a thankless task.
In addition, the document specifically noted that the battle group was tasked both with enforcing sanctions against Iraq, and with conducting operations against Afghanistan and Al Qaeda".
He finishes by filling the reader in, briefly and dauntlessly, on his own unwinnable battle with illness, a task completed by an elegant afterword from his widow, Lisa, who married him on the day he died.
