1. And enforcing agreements to withdraw heavy weapons from urban combat is one thing the U.N. and NATO ought to be able to do effectively on the ground in Bosnia. 2. Neither the local or international authorities have estimated casualty figures from the seven days of ferocious urban combat. 3. The software can train soldiers for ground attacks, urban combat, biological warfare and medical emergencies. 4. Yet even battered Republican Guard divisions would be too much for the weak opposition forces to handle in urban combat. 5. Indeed, such a move would likely exact a terrible toll on both sides, as Israel could have to uproot armed militias and Palestinian police in urban combat. 6. Senior Israeli army officers visited a Marine exercise in urban combat in Idaho. 7. The latest Israeli actions have pushed the Mideast crisis into uncharted territory, raising the possibility of urban combat. 8. The training corps will be based on Special Forces personnel, including soldiers with skills in mountain fighting, urban combat and other specialties, Waltemeyer said. |