Here are some of the latest weapons or types of systems that may end up being used: The US military has for many years been working on weapons designed specifically to target sites believed to house weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical or biological weapons.
There are pet kennels for furry friends large and small, a gun safe (duh) in which to house weapons, a small gym, medical facilities, and a sound-proofed engine room housing two generators that run on diesel fuel stored in a 30,000 gallon tank enough for over a year's supply.
House-to-house weapons searches are under way, but Mr Ceka says he needs more equipment and manpower to recover hundreds of thousands of guns looted during the anarchy.In the past few weeks, gangs have killed at least 50 people.
Down the road, a platoon of New York State guardsmen conducting a house-to-house weapons search was also upbraided: the men had left their translator unprotected as they moved through a mock village.
Other sites suspected of housing weapons are factories that have legitimate commercial activities and that are located in or near residential areas.
Allied warplanes including Navy FA-18's and Air Force F-16's and F-15E's would conduct air strikes against insurgent safe houses, weapons caches and other leadership targets that have been carefully analyzed for possible damage to civilian infrastructure.
Contractors have become an indispensable part of the force, performing a variety of functions in Afghanistan, such as communication services, provision of interpreters who accompany military patrols, base operations support (e.g., food and housing), weapons systems maintenance, and intelligence analysis.
The announcement was made after a late-night raid on a house where weapons and bomb-making materials were found.
American military commanders have greatly stepped up the pace of house-to-house sweeps, in which hundreds of soldiers temporarily close off neighborhoods and then search each house for weapons or any hints of loyalty to Saddam Hussein.
In Ithaca, Odysseus owns the house, the weapons, the wealth, the slaves, the farm, the orchard, and the seat in the council of men; Penelope does not even fully share the marriage bed, which her husband calls "my bed".
He was the only American intelligence official before the war who had met Curveball, a crucial source of reports about a suspected Iraqi program to house mobile weapons labs in trailers.
