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IDF
salutes heroes of 2nd Lebanon War in Civic Center ceremony
Israeli company
develops 'mini-nose' to sniff out explosives
Livni confers with
Turkish president
Peres tells why
he decided Danny’s killers should be eligible for parole
Peres congratulates
delighted Gul on election as Turkey’s president
Iran
builds a new Jewish community center
in move fraught with
symbolism
People's party makes racist appeal in Switzerland's
election campaign
Anti-Semitic cricketers expelled
Bush
makes surprise Labor Day visit to Al-Anbar province,
Iraq
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HANDSHAKES FOR
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF—Marines at base Iraq's al-Anbar province surround
President Bush in hope of shaking his hand.
U.S. Defense
Department photo
Bush
makes surprise Labor Day visit to Al-Anbar province, Iraq
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq (Press Release) – The military surge into Iraq is
working, President Bush told troops today during a surprise visit here.
The president said he came to Anbar province so he could see the success
in the war on terror and thank the men and women who are making
sacrifices for that success.
Bush, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace, and
U.S. Central Command chief Navy Adm. William Fallon flew in to meet with
Army Gen. David Petraeus, Multinational Force Iraq commander, and U.S.
Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker.
The president also met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki and
Iraqi President Jalal Talibani.
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Israel and
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IDF salutes heroes of 2nd Lebanon War in Civic Center
ceremony
TEL AVIV (Press Release)--During an emotional ceremony
held this weekend, 38 Gallantry Medals, Distinguished
Service Medals and Chief of Staff Citations were awarded
to combat soldiers and units of the IDF. One after
another the deserving soldiers and the families of those
who had fallen walked up onto the stage set up in the
Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, to accept the medals from
the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Gabi Ashkenazi
and the General Staff Chief of Citations and Medal
Allocation, Major General Yishai Bar.
The Sept. 1 ceremony was attended by the Minister of
Defense, Mr. Ehud Barak, the Chief of Staff and members
of the General Staff Forum. “These medals and
citations, given out tonight, exhibit the appreciation
and recognition of the Israel Defense Forces for the
soldiers and commanders who show devotion to their
homeland and an extraordinary love for their fellow
man,” said the Chief of Staff, speaking at the
ceremony. “The nation of Israel can be proud of its
sons and daughter, can be proud of its army, and can
depend on the spirit of the IDF, a strong steadfast and
capable army, dependant on the good done by its soldiers
and commanders.”
During the official ceremony, medals and citations were
awarded to 35 combat soldiers and three units. Six IDF
soldiers, who displayed immense courage during the war,
received medals of gallantry. 12 soldiers received the
Distinguished Service Medal and 20 Chief of Staff
Citations were allocated to 17 soldiers and three
units. An additional 104 IDF soldiers are slated to
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Israeli company develops 'mini-nose' to sniff out
explosives
By
David Brinn
Israel 21C
HERZLIYA, Israel (Special) -- Sniffing out explosive material is
priority number one at airports around the world. So what better way to
go about implementing that task than by utilizing a device that mimics
the human nose to literally 'sniff out' would-be terrorists with
homemade explosive devices.
The Israeli-developed Mini-Nose is a portable, hand-held,
highly-sensitive device which digitally recreates the mammalian
olfactory processes for trace and particle detection.
Developed by Herzliya-based Scent Detection Technologies Ltd. (SDT), the
Mini-Nose is a two-piece hand-held explosives detector consisting of a
sampling unit and an analyzer, and was designed based on specifications
provided by security organizations both in Israel and the US, including
the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon.
"Our novel non-radioactive green technology comprises cutting-edge
solutions for transportation security officials who are tasked with
daily screening activities in identifying potential threats," said the
company's CEO Ofer Bengal.
According to the company's literature, SDT's "sniffer" technology is
multi-disciplinary, which digitally recreate the mammalian olfactory
process that is used to detect a wide range of substances with great
accuracy and speed. It's based on a technology called High-Frequency
Quartz Crystal Microbalance (HF-QCM), that according to the company's
Vice President of Business Development Doron Shalom, can sniff out trace
levels of explosive chemicals at a lower cost and greater accuracy in
comparison to existing explosive trace detection technologies.
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