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	CNN.com - Force 17: Arafat's elite guard - March 30, 2001
		Force 17 is described as the "first circle" of defense around Arafat and provides security for visiting international delegations.
		Force 17 has protected Arafat for many years and he in turn regards them as some of his most trusted security personnel.
		The force was formed in the 1970s, when Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization were in exile in Lebanon.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/meast/03/30/arafat.force17/index.html (413 words)

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		Force 17 was formed in the early 1970’s by senior Al-Fatah officers, shortly after the PLO’s expulsion from Jordan.
		Force 17 has been involved in terrorism since the early 1980’s, and has carried out attacks against both Israeli and rival Palestinian targets in the Middle East and Europe.
		The involvement of Force 17 in terror operations in the West Bank was a source of rivalry and tension between Abu Tayeb and Abu Jihad.
	www.angelfire.com /pro/cora/FORCE_17.htm (1337 words)

	World Tribune.com: Israel
		The capture came in an Israeli commando raid in the West Bank in which five members of Arafat's Force 17 guard were detained in a raid on late Saturday.
		Force 17 commander Mahmoud Awad said the Israeli operation was a violation of Palestinian sovereignty.
		For their part, Israeli military sources said the Force 17 squad is responsible for shooting attacks on Israeli motorists in the West Bank.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2001/me-israel-04-03.html (368 words)

	Force 17 Background Material - March 2001
		During the recent confrontations, a terror apparatus operated in the area of Ramallah which consisted of activists of Force 17.
		This apparatus' activity was directed by Mahmud Damarah "Abu-Us", commander of Force 17 in Ramallah.
		In addition, a terrorist cell comprised of Force 17 members, and coordinated by Hizballah related elements in Lebanon, was responsible for the mortar bomb attacks on Netzarim during the month of February
	www.mfa.gov.il /MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/3/Force%2017%20Background%20Material%20-%20March%202001 (289 words)

	Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
		The inherent flexibility and performance characteristics of the C-17 force improves the ability of the total airlift system to fulfill the worldwide air mobility requirements of the United States.
		The C-17 is possibly the most flexible airlift aircraft to enter the Air Force inventory since the C-130 Hercules.
		The ultimate measure of airlift effectiveness is the ability to rapidly project and sustain an effective combat force close to a potential battle area.
	www.theaviationzone.com /factsheets/c17.asp (1685 words)

	C-17 Globemaster III Airlifter
		The U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter is designed to fulfill global airlift needs for many years.
		Eleven of the records were for maximum altitude with various payloads as the C-17 carried payloads up to 40,000 kg (88,200 pounds) to an altitude in excess of 43,800 feet.
		On May 31,1996, Boeing and the Air Force signed a seven-year $14.2 billion contract to build the next 80 C-17s, starting in 1997, with final deliveries in 2004.
	www.voughtaircraft.com /newsFactGallery/factsheets/programs/c17globemaster.htm (1460 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Israel and the Palestinians \| profiles \| Who are Force 17?
		Force 17 is a group of about 3,500 men, responsible for protecting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and for providing security for visiting international delegations.
		Force 17 members wear military-style uniforms and are equipped with light weapons and armoured vehicles.
		But the force he created survived and when Mr Arafat returned to Gaza in 1994, 300 Force 17 fighters accompanied him.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/profiles/1691693.stm (439 words)

	chapter 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The gravitational force is balanced, 2/3 by the centrifugal force and 1/3 by the electromagnetic force.
		The solar prominences are, however, confined to regions close to the Sun and this state of motion is such that the centrifugal force is unimportant.
		In these superprominences the components of the centrifugal force and the gravitational attraction parallel to the flux tube may balance each other, keeping the plasma in a state of dynamic equilibrium; i.e., the state of partial corotation.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /pao/History/SP-345/ch17.htm (2236 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Olmert said the shipment was meant to bolster security forces loyal to Abbas amid an increasingly violent power struggle between the PA president's Fatah party and Hamas, which won recent Palestinian parliamentary elections.
		"Force 17 is proud that we were the first to lead the Palestinian people during tough times such as resistance operations (against the Israeli army during large-scale operations in northern Samaria in 2002).
		Several Force 17 members, including Yousuf, also are members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a terror group linked to Abbas' Fatah party responsible for scores of suicide bombings and shooting attacks.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3263652,00.html (696 words)

	NDM Article - Air Force’s C-17 Crews Train for Night Operations
		As demands for their services grew, however, Air Force leaders decided to experiment with the movement of much larger numbers of forces and equipment at night.
		The C-17 has been used many times in airborne training missions and was instrumental in Afghanistan in humanitarian airdrops of food rations, but this was the first time the Globemaster was used as a platform to insert paratroopers during combat, officials said.
		The standard NVG for Air Force and Navy aircraft is the F4949.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2004/Apr/Air_Forces.htm (1226 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| What is Force 17?
		Force 17 is a security cadre responsible for protecting the Palestinian president and for providing security for visiting international delegations.
		Force 17 is said to have taken its name from Salameh's Beirut telephone extension.
		But the force he created survived and when Mr Arafat returned to Gaza in 1994, 300 Force 17 men accompanied him.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/5318128.stm (338 words)

	Force 17
		It also answered the question of why the Force had prompted her to take Jack instead of Daniel...Daniel didn't have the same instincts that meant they had only been injured, not killed.
		He guessed that it was a hint of the person she had been before, shining through now only because she had been forced to reconcile her `old' self and her `new' self.
		Force knows she'd tried; she didn't want to get hurt as she had so many times before.
	www.gateworld.net /fanfic/archive/19/force17.html (4533 words)

	Palestinian Force 17 Denies Cooperation with Hamas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mahmoud Samara, commander of Force 17, Tuesday dismissed as "fallacy" the allegation that the personal bodyguard unit of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has cooperated with Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas.
		A US Newsweek report cited Israeli sources as saying that Force l7 has been cooperating with Hamas detonation experts to plant explosive devices around Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah.
		Force 17 came under heavy Israeli fire last week as Israel blamed the force for a series of ambushes and other attacks on Israelis during the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli clashes.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /english/200104/03/print20010403_66753.html (225 words)

	Newsvine - No. 17 Air Force Clobers Utah 69-43 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Air Force senior was asked if the Falcons were playing these days to catch the attention of the NCAA selection committee.
		And so the Falcons used a swarming defense to force Utah into 19 turnovers and limit the Utes to almost half the number of points as in the first meeting.
		Welch became the 20th player in Air Force history to score more than 1,000 points in his career with a free throw in the first half.
	www.newsvine.com /_news/2007/02/15/569583-no-17-air-force-clobers-utah-69-43 (597 words)

	Task Force 17 - Coral Sea
		Task Force 17 completed fueling on May 2, but I was disappointed to receive a report that Task Force 11 did not expect to complete fueling until noon of the fourth.
		It was regrettable that the entire force was not present and ready to proceed but fortunate that a sufficiently strong force, fully fueled, was in a position to strike at daylight.
		The force was organized with an attack group of cruisers and destroyers for the purpose of making night and day attacks on enemy surface craft and a support group of cruisers and destroyers to protect the carriers.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/rep/Coral/TF17.html (3776 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Air Force Helps Bring Smiles to Iraqi Children
		The Air Force assisted Operation Smile in returning patients and their families to Iraq from Jordan, where the patients had received surgery.
		The Air Force received approval for the mission late April 28 evening, and by early on the 29th, the C-17 was airborne and en route to Amman.
		The Air Force assisted Operation Smile April 29 in returning patients and their families to Iraq from Jordan, where the patients had received surgery.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/May2006/20060502_4996.html (892 words)

	Massachusetts Ocean Management Task Force June 17, 2003, Meeting Summary
		She noted the Task Force's job was that of an advisory body to the Secretary that was going to review existing tools, their adequacy, examine the management structure for gaps, look at data management tools and the principles of ocean resource management.
		She noted she volunteered because she is a public policy junky, found this subject to be extraordinarily interesting and important for the Commonwealth.
		The Task Force was in general agreement with the meeting agenda but noted that existing information on what is going on Massachusetts now must be gathered and distributed to Task Force members to bring them "up to speed".
	www.mass.gov /czm/oceanmanagement/taskforce/omitaskforcemeeting_summary061703.htm (1294 words)

	ICT - Institute for Counter-Terrorism - Articles - Force-17 - The Renewal of Old Competition Motivates Violence
		On March 30, Israeli forces bombarded from the air two of the headquarters of this force in Ramallah and Gaza, in the first serious Israeli retaliation under the new Sharon government.
		As originally defined in the Oslo accords, the force was supposed to deal primarily with the protection of Chairman Arafat as well as other political personalities and important installations.
		The leading role of Force-17, the closest and most loyal force to Arafat, in the violence is evidence that nothing changed in the transfer of leadership from the PLO to the PA: same old tactics, rivalries, and competitions.
	www.ict.org.il /apage/printv/5362.php (1061 words)

	C-17 Globemaster III - Military Aircraft
		The aircraft is operated by the Air Mobility Command with initial operations at Charleston AFB, S.C., with the 437th Airlift Wing and the 315th Airlift Wing (Air Force Reserve).
		Air Force begins installation of new C-17 composite tails 12 Apr 1999 Aeronautical System Center Public Affairs -- Program managers and researchers from the Aeronautical Systems Center here, along with industry partners, have developed a new, lighter horizontal stabilizer for the C-17.
		Air Force, industry team up for quick retrofit of C-17 landing gear (AFPN) 16 December 1999 -- The Air Force, Boeing, and two Ohio companies have teamed up to dramatically reduce the time needed to retrofit landing gear on some C-17 Globemaster IIIs.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/c-17.htm (948 words)

	17 Force Constant Calculations
		As a rough guide the time required for evaluation of SCF second derivatives is approximately three times that required for gradient evaluation, depending upon the number of atoms and the symmetry of the molecule.
		In both numerical and analytic force constant calculations the program prints the cartesian second-derivative matrix, in atomic units, and the normal coordinates and vibrational frequencies.
		A numerical force constant calculation is only meaningful when performed at an optimised equilibrium or transition state geometry.
	www.cfs.dl.ac.uk /docs/gamess_manual/chap2/node18.html (2162 words)

	International Task Force - Volume 17, Number 2
		Efforts to limit the rights granted by this bill would be forced to focus directly on the concept of patient control, the area in which we are strongest." [Roadmap, "The Case to Hemlock Members for the Patients’ Control and Comfort Act," p.
		This means that if you try to legally force a hospital to continue treatment, you would probably have to pay your lawyer by the hour.
		Wesley J. Smith is an attorney for the International Task Force and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute.
	www.internationaltaskforce.org /iua28.htm (5791 words)

	NASA - NASA Contributions to the C-17 Globemaster III
		Results of the flight demonstration were applied to the design of the aircraft's spoiler control system and flight-path symbology on the head-up display to achieve the anticipated improvements.
		Ames provided the Air Force and McDonnell Douglas with information on wind shear response and control techniques that were investigated in STOL simulations.
		Winglets were installed on a KC-135A tanker on loan from the Air Force and flight tested at NASA Dryden in 1979 and 1980.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/langley/news/factsheets/C-17.html (1212 words)

	Terrorism101 : Terrorist Organizations : Fatah/Tanzim & Force 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Force 17 was Yasser Arafat’s personal security detail and is free to dabble in any Palestinian security matters.
		When the Palestinian leader travels, Force 17 is always at his side.
		Force 17 members have been involved in shootings, bombings, and mortar attacks in Israel and areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority.
	www.terrorism101.org /organizations/Fatah_Tanzim_Force_17.html (181 words)

	Task Force 17 - S.H.A.D.O.W.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With this in mind, ships of the task force are out of direct communication with Starfleet Command a majority of the time.
		Task Force 17 is made up of over a dozen starships and stations who's missions and positions take them from one end of the Federation to the other and beyond, with the mission of federation expansion, exploration, and defense.
		Task Force 17, and all of our simms (ships/stations) are active members of Bravo Fleet.
	tf17.bravofleet.com (555 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Tuesday afternoon arrested a commander of Force 17, the Palestinian presidential guard in Ramallah, near Birzeit, next to Ramallah.
		Damra was one of the closest security officials to Yasser Arafat, even though Arafat dismissed him from his position of Force 17 commander in Ramallah.
		Damra stood at the head of Force 17 in Beirut even before Arafat and his men were banished to Tunis.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3300141,00.html (545 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Navy 24, Air Force 17
		AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Paul Johnson took a sip of his Diet Pepsi, gathered his thoughts and then broke out into a grin.
		Air Force, trailing 24-7 midway through the fourth quarter, pulled within a touchdown with 3:06 left and recovered the onside kick.
		Air Force managed to cut the lead to 24-17 in the fourth quarter on Zach Sasser's 30-yard field goal and Carney's 5-yard touchdown pass to Travis Dekker with 3:06 remaining.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/college_football/20061007-1612-fbc-navy-airforce.html (682 words)

	Air Force Technology - C-17 Globemaster III - Tactical Transport Aircraft
		The UK Royal Air Force has leased four aircraft, delivered by August 2001, under a seven-year agreement, which also has an end-of-lease purchase option.
		In September 2006, NATO announced its intention to buy an initial three or four C-17 aircraft and plans to create the NATO Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) to be based at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany.
		C-17 provides rapid positioning of forces, maintenance of unit integrity, dispersion of assets and in-theatre repositioning of forces.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/c17 (1058 words)

	B-17 B24 - A Real Good War
		In this autobiographical World War II novel, new recruits in the Army Air Force are told that fear is healthy.
		What makes this book engrossing is its evocation of the fine line between a close call and a tragedy, not to mention the way guilt is detonated by war's deadly absurdity.
		I see the figure of a guy tangled in the shroud lines and dragged behind like a tow sleeve for a second or two before he is torn loose and falls down and away.
	www.b17sam.com /samplepage.html (5772 words)

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