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Career diplomats are so reluctant to volunteer for service in Iraq that the State Department is resorting to a form of the draft to fill positions in the war zone.

War profiteer David H. Brooks is being held without bail until a hearing next Tuesday following his arrest on fraud, tax evasion and other charges. His company, DHB Industries, was sole supplier of body armor to the military.

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