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	Singapore Special Operations Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Special Operations Force (SOF) is part of the Singapore Army's Commandos arm.
		Troopers are trained in jungle-warfare, reconnaissance and counter-terrorism, and are deployable by land, airborne assault and amphibious assault, specialising in free-falling, diving and long-range land insertion.
		They are each cross-trained to operate all types of weapons and equipments, though each trooper is assigned a specialist appointment in his team.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singapore_Special_Operations_Force (443 words)

	Naval Diving Unit (Singapore) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Naval Diving Unit (NDU) is a special force of the Republic of Singapore Navy, and is regularly tasked in salvage operations, underwater mine demolition and commando-type warfare.
		In 2001, naval officer Wong Foo Chan became the first foreigner to top his class in the Green Berets course, and received a commendation medal for this achievement.
		NDU divers were sent to conduct salvage operations after the crash of Silkair Flight MI185 on 19 December 1997, which killed all 104 people on board.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_Diving_Unit_(Singapore) (164 words)

	Singapore
		Singapore is a parliamentary republic in which politics was dominated overwhelmingly by the People's Action Party (PAP), which has been in power since the country gained autonomy from the United Kingdom in 1959.
		Singapore was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as an observer.
		In June Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party, after being denied a permit, was charged under PEMA for holding an unauthorized rally in May outside the Istana, the government compound housing the offices of the President and the Prime Minister.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18263.htm (12768 words)

	Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As a special administrative region, Hong Kong is guaranteed by the Basic Law to have a relatively high degree of autonomy under the policy of "One Country, Two Systems".
		The liberation of Hong Kong in 1945 was celebrated at the Cenotaph in Victoria with the raising of the Union Flag and the Flag of the Republic of China.
		Hong Kong's public schools are operated by the Education and Manpower Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong (6348 words)

	Joe Galloway: Out of Tragedy
		The embarrassingly public failure of the raid, code-named Operation Eagle Claw, was a low-water mark for the Carter administration and for our military as well, still struggling to get back on its feet in the wake of the debacle in Vietnam just five years before.
		Beckwith's forces did not own their own transportation, so the Air Force would haul the raiders into the staging and refueling area deep in the Iranian desert by C-130 turboprop transport planes, while Marine helicopters that would ferry the Delta operators from the airstrip to Tehran came in from the sea.
		A number of Operation Detachment-Delta operators and agents had already infiltrated into Tehran to help conduct the strike to rescue the 53 diplomats and Marine guards who were taken hostage when a mob seized the U.S. Embassy on Nov. 4, 1979.
	www.military.com /Opinions/0,,Galloway_041405,00.html (906 words)

	Foreign Special Operations Forces Spring 2000
		Using the new vehicle, "special combat detachments" demonstrated greater mobility and speed, both in assembling their forces after the airdrop, and in attacking enemy missile and radar positions.
		According to the Chinese, the special detachments will be able to carry out complex missions, will possess greater sustainability and will be able to defend themselves from a variety of threats on the ground and in the air.
		Special Warfare is an authorized, official quarterly of the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
	fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /sof/issues/summer00.htm (1122 words)

	Encyclopedia entries starting with SIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Singapore Armed Forces (abbreviated SAF, Tentera Singapura in Malay) is a unified force of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, Republic of Singapore Navy, and the Singapore Army.
		Singapore Army The Army of the Republic of Singapore Formed largely out of conscripted soldiers and reserve forces (former conscripts), the Army is capable of mobilising over 350,000 reserves and has an active force of 60,000.
		Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 52 hectare botanical garden in Singapore that includes the National Orchid Garden (which has a collection of more than 3000 species of orchids), a mini rainforest trail, and a spice garden.
	encycl.opentopia.com /S/SI/SIN (10389 words)

	SpecWarNet -Singapore's STAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Singapore Police Force has created a number of specialized tactical units to provide assistance to its officers when a situation arises that is beyond their capabilities.
		The Singapore Police Force SOC was created in 1992 to gather all police tactical units under one central command.
		The STAR team is a full time force of officers tasked with handling incidents that may require the use of specialized weapons, or when a situation arises where the use of their tactical skills will bring a rapid resolution to the crisis.
	www.specwarnet.com /world/singapore_star.htm (317 words)

	Point A to Point B
		Glenn is an experienced Special Operations and Combat Rescue pilot with the Air Force and the California Air National Guard.
		During Operation Enduring Freedom he was sent to the Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) Combined Air operations Center (CAOC) and assisted in planning the special instructions (SPINS) for combat rescue and special operations in Afghanistan.
		He is a Combat Tactics Instructor and has studied force employment and joint force operations at the Naval Fighter Weapons School and the Naval Strike Warfare Center.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Ignazio_092304,00.html (1692 words)

	U.S. Pacific Command: An Official Military Website Fri, Apr. 07, 2006
		Its mission is to train and equip forces to deploy rapidly in support of combat operations in cold regions and mountainous terrain, to serve as the land force component command for joint operations, and to provide installation support in Alaska.
		There are four numbered air forces: the Fifth, headquartered at Yokota Air Base, near Tokyo; the Seventh, headquartered at Osan Air Base, south of Seoul; the Eleventh, headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base, near Anchorage; and the Thirteenth, headquartered at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
		PACAF forces include four fighter wings (one in Alaska, two in Korea and one in Japan), two multi-mission wings (one in Japan, one in Alaska), two air base wings (one in Hawaii, one in Guam), and one airlift wing (in Japan).
	www.pacom.mil /about/pacom.shtml (4324 words)

	CONTEXT: Thomas Frank
		Singapore was an economic miracle, a land arisen from Third World to First in a handful of decades.
		Singapore was the country with the most economic freedom in the world.
		Many facts can be cited to illustrate Singapore's exchange of democracy for wealth, but few are more poignant than the bankruptcy into which the country's opposition MPs (at present there are three in a parliament of 84), are perennially thrown by ruling party lawsuits.
	www.centerforbookculture.org /context/no6/frank.html (2274 words)

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		The force may skirt near Midway in the event that consideration of an enemy counter-attack is unnecessary due to successful air attacks or if such action is necessitated by fuel shortage.
		The force will be 700 nautical miles due north of point Z (set at the western extremity of the Island of Lanai) at 0600 hours X-1 Day and advance on a course of 180 degrees from 0700 hours X-1 Day at an increased speed of 24 knots.
		Operations of the Combined Fleet against American, England and Holland will be conducted in accordance with the Separate Volume, Imperial Navy's Course of Action in Operations against United States, Great Britain and the Netherlands.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/myths/jm-097.html (3818 words)

	Khaleej Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		SINGAPORE - Special operations forces, armed with machine guns, began patrolling Singapore’s residential neighbourhoods and busy shopping districts on Monday to thwart a potential terror attack in the city-state, a staunch US ally.
		The presence of an elite police force armed with machine guns in residential districts would be unprecedented but did ”not signal an increase in the level of threat”, the police said.
		Singapore, a mostly ethnic Chinese city-state wedged between Muslim dominated Indonesia and Malaysia, has detained 37 suspected militants after foiling plots by the Jemaah Islamiah network in 2001 and 2002 to blow up Western targets in the city.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2004/November/theworld_November28.xml§ion=theworld&col (360 words)

	Fighting terrorism: SAF's secret edge
		THE hijacking of Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight SQ 117 by four Pakistanis was resolved by Special Operations Force (SOF) commandos 12 years ago today.
		The operation was over in 30 seconds and 123 passengers and crew were freed.
		As Singapore guards against catastrophic terrorism, it's reasonable to assume that there are other aspects in the SAF's order of battle Mindef is not ready to talk about.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/879623/posts (1080 words)

	CHAPTER 5
		Peers, formerly the operations and training officer of the detachment, took over the command, which was reorganized to encompass the entire scope of OSS activities, including psychological operations and research and analysis.
		Under the operational control of the Chinese military command, the commandos were to attack communications, to capture significant operational objectives, to gather intelligence, and to protect key facilities from destruction by retreating Japanese forces.
		Operational group monthly reports and the Nanking Mission in Folders 207 and 208, OSS Activities China, 11 Jun 45, and Memorandum of Information for the JCS, 30 Aug 45, Sub: OSS Special Operations in China, Folder 211, all in OSS, History Office Files, Entry 99, Boxes 65-66, RG 226, NARA.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/70-42/70-425.html (9623 words)

	Economic History of Singapore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Singapore could not hope to compete upon the basis of the cheapness of its labor; it had to create technical skills that are unavailable elsewhere in the Third World.
		Singapore, under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, sought to bring in foreign industry.
		The higher wages were a discouragement to foreign companies considering Singapore relative to other locations, but probably the most serious effect was the signal that Singapore might be like other Third World governments that would encourage investment and then change the rules when companies were vulnerable.
	www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/singapore.htm (632 words)

	"Singapore Police Elite--->S.T.A.R. unit"
		The Special Tactical & Rescue (STAR) Unit was formed in 1993 to provide the Singapore Police Force with a 24hrs tactical armed-response capability.
		A plethora of sophisticated and specialised equipment is required in its highly perilous vocation, and its entire raison d’etre is successful crisis resolution.
		Elements of surprise, aggression and rapid coordinated action are the only guarantees of success in STAR operations.
	www.angelfire.com /wa/cagiva2/star.html (241 words)

	Asian Special Forces - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		The Delta Force or also known as SFOD-Delta is in the branch of the army, they are one of two of the america's counter-terrorist who can perform in overseas mission (the others are domestic counter-terrorists), and thats what makes them so special.
		They were named Delta Force because Colonel Beckwith was fascinated by the british SAS teams, so he set up his own special forces unit to be trained by the SAS group Delta, and thats how they got their name.
		Delta Force usually select their candidates from the Airborne Rangers or the Green Beret, sometimes they may get potential candidates from the national guards.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=3136 (907 words)

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		Jeremiah, David E. "Melding Special Operations with Forces of the Future." Remarks delivered by Admiral David E. Jeremiah, USN, vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the 1991 Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Symposium and Exposition, Washington, D.C., December 9, 1991.
		Special Operations - Operations conducted by specially organized, trained, and equipped military and paramilitary forces to achieve military, political, economic, or psychological objectives by unconventional military means in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive areas.
		Political-military considerations frequently shape special operations, requiring clandestine, covert, or low visibility techniques and oversight at the national level.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /library/bibs/special.htm (5411 words)

	China Travel
		The troupe was specially invited here to perform on Nov. 5 and 6 for delegates to the upcoming 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
		Travelers cruising the Yangtze via the Three Gorges Dam area are now forced to resort to land transportation since a man-made canal, the sole channel built for passage of ships during the second phase of the Three Gorges Project, was fully closed on Nov.6.
		A set of two special stamps featuring kongfu and kickboxing was issued recently to mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
	www.chinainfotravel.com /china_travel.htm (15456 words)

	nycsubway.org: Volunteer/Contributors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Peter is a fan of science-fiction, ham radio (VE3-THX), private aviation, and has been both a movie projectionist and a conductor/foreman on the St. Lawrence and Hudson railway in former lives.
		Mike Farrell: A resident of Chicago, Mike has contributed many photos to the Chicago "L" section, photos of the new PCC operation in Kenosha, WI, and behind the scenes photos from the St. Louis Metrolink operation.
		Trevor was born and raised in the Morrisania section of the Bronx and works as a bus operator for New Jersey Transit.
	www.nycsubway.org /contrib.html (2731 words)

	Dr. Rajkumar Buyya's Home Page
		I have established the Grid Computing and Distributed Systems (GRIDS) Laboratory in April 2002 and also led the formation of a new Parallel and Distributed Computing Research Group within the dept. The GRIDS laboratory and its research activities have been established through internal, national, and international research grants and awards.
		Intel Corporation, Toronto, Portland, USA, "In Favour of the IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing Activities: First IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid 2001), May 15-18, 2001, Brisbane, Australia".
		Cluster Computing Task Force Chairs Message, In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster 2001), IEEE Computer Society Press, Oct. 8-11, 2001, Newport Beach, California, USA.
	www.buyya.com /cv.html (13203 words)

	SpecWarNet -Comprehensive list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		COLOMBIA: Agrupacion De Fuerzas Especiales Urbanas (AFEU) Grupos Especiales de Operaciones (GEOS) (Special Operations Group) of the National Police Force (Counter-terrorism) GAES (Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Groups of the Colombian Army) GADJA Teams (part of Colombian Air Force) Lanceros (Colombian Army)
		FRANCE: Commandement des Operations Specialesl [Similar to USASOC] Detachement ALAT des Operations Specials (DAOS) [Army Light Aviation Special Operations Det.] * 1st Escadrille des Operations Speciales * 2nd Escadrille des Operations Speciales Groupement Speciale Autonome (GSA) 1er Regiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine (1er RPI Ma) (Para-Commandoes - nearest French equivalent to SAS/SF etc)
		PHILIPINES: Army Special Warfare Brigade Special Operations and Group of the Army Special Warfare Brigade AVESCOM (Aviation Security Commando) Inshore Boat Company of the Phillipine Marine Corps Quick Reaction Force of the Phillipine Marine Corps Light Reaction Force of the Philipines Constabulary Integrated National Police Field Force
	www.specwarnet.com /biglist.htm (1100 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Iran
		Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile.
		Conservative clerical forces established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority vested in a learned religious scholar.
		A group of Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/ir.html (1244 words)

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