The C Word

[Michael Pollak]

New York Times
November 1, 2001

U.S. Will Increase Number of Advisers in Afghanistan

By MICHAEL R. GORDON and STEVEN LEE MYERS

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The admiral and other Pentagon officials also said the B-52's were being
used in a tactic commonly known as carpet bombing, but he referred to as
using the "long stick," dropping a series of 500-pound munitions in a
concentrated, punishing row of strikes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/international/asia/01MILI.html?ex=1005614171&ei=1&en=d20681e5c94bae46

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