NEWS AND VIEWS
IRAQ TO RECEIVE LAND CRUISERS
The government of Iraq will receive a number of new Toyota Land Cruisers as part of a FMS deal. TGS USA will deliver the vehicles and spare parts under this $39.5 million firm-fixed-price contract. TheLand Cruiser model comes either as a pickup or as a SUV. The various types offer a flexible set of options with different load carrying capacities and levels of armor.
SEARCH ENDS FOR WWII REMAINS IN LAKE GARDA
MILAN (AP) - An underwater search in Italy for the remains of 25 Americans who fought in World War II ended Thursday without finding physical traces of the soldiers whose amphibious vehicle sank in a storm on Lake Garda.
A three-person submarine scoured the bottom of Italy’s largest lake during the three-day expedition to find uniforms or any remains from the men who drowned on the night of April 30, 1945 - among the war’s last casualties in Italy.
Brett Phaneuf, co-founder of nonprofit underwater archaeology foundation ProMare, said the mayor of
