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National Defense July 2004 John Stanton	Counter-Terrorism Research Focused On Military Needs in Iraq, Afghanistan A small interagency group focused on antiterrorism technologies has seen its budget more than triple, mostly as a result of pressing demands for counter-explosive systems and other devices to help protect troops in Iraq.
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Units Heading to Iraq Equipped With Upgraded Technology The Army's 3rd Infantry Division is preparing to return to Iraq with a number of new technologies designed for urban fighting.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Israel's Main Battle Tanks Adapted For Urban Combat, Low-Intensity Conflict Deadly attacks on light armored vehicles have prompted Israel Defense Forces to increase their use of main battle tanks in patrol roles or other types of low-intensity conflict normally assigned to smaller vehicles.
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy	Air Force Seeks to Upgrade Close Air Support Fleet As the Iraqi and Afghan conflicts evolve essentially into ground wars the Air Force is moving to improve its ability to provide close air support, according to the service's top officials.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Stanley Reed	Will Iraq's Allawi Use An Iron Fist? Iraq under Ayad Allawi might come to resemble other tightly policed Arab states.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Stanley Reed	Waiting For The Oil To Flow Again Not only is Iraq years from achieving its potential of producing 6 million barrels a day, but it is also still struggling to achieve its prewar output of 2.5 million -- let alone the 3.5 million or so it produced before the 1979 war with Iran.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004	Another Blow To The Palestinian Economy On June 8, Israeli Industry & Trade Minister Ehud Olmert ordered the closure of the Erez industrial zone on the border with the Gaza Strip.
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Reed, Anderson & Coy	Oil Anxiety Hits A Slippery Slope The prospect of more attacks in Saudi Arabia will keep the markets on edge.
Reason June 2004 Nick Gillespie	The Age of Uncertainty On a very basic level, it's virtually impossible to know whether the occupation of Iraq is going well or horribly wrong. This is above and beyond the question of whether we should be there in the first place.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004	Israel And Egypt Boost Energy Trade Economic ties between Israel and Egypt could improve in the wake of a major gas deal between the countries.
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