In it, General Sir Richard Dannatt told commanders to prepare for a "generation of conflict" in Afghanistan and predicted "some form of success in Iraq.Russian prosecutors have arrested 10 people over the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, including a Chechen crime boss and officials from the security services.
Truce talks between Iraq's interim government and Moktada al-Sadr's rebels collapsed Saturday, prompting American commanders to prepare new battle plans for breaking Mr. Sadr's grip on this holy city and the Imam Ali mosque, the Middle East's most sacred Shiite shrine.
Alderson responded by ordering all subordinate commanders to prepare reports on the efficiency of the Ross rifle.
Grant met with Brigadier General William T. Sherman and his other brigade commanders to prepare an attack on a Confederate army of roughly equal strength at Corinth, Mississippi, a vital railroad junction.
Now our commanders need to prepare and decide whether to take action in Kabul," Mr. Rabbani said.
At the time of the order, eighteen planes were ready for flight and commanders began to prepare based on what they anticipated they would be asked to do.
The scathing document by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reveals previously unknown details of interrogation practices so disturbing that the State Department and the Pentagon warned U.S. embassies and military commanders overseas to prepare for possible protests or even terrorist attacks in response.
In a statement headlined "Declaration of the End of Rebellion," Mr. Bisimwa said, "Commanders are requested to prepare the troops for the process of disarmament, demobilization and social reintegration".
The military says, 'No, the things we're doing are not intelligence actions under the statute but necessary military steps authorized by the President, as Commander-in-Chief, to "prepare the battlefield".
They also contended that the F.B.I.'s on-scene commanders did little to prepare for the possibility of fire despite Attorney General Janet Reno's order that they be ready for all emergencies.
