9/11 Analysis: Radar Loss on the Morning of September 11, 2001.

The radar coverage of the United States airspace is nearly complete. In particular the northeastern area, where all four hijackings took place on 9/11, has no “gaps” whatsoever in radar coverage. Nonetheless there was radar loss on 9/11 with respect to the third hijacked plane, American Airlines Flight 77, which was reported to have hit the Pentagon.
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Nato alarm over Afghan army crisis: loss of recruits threatens security as handover looms – Asia – World – The Independent.

For every 10 new soldiers recruited to the Afghan National Army (ANA), at least three are lost because they have been sacked, captured or killed in action, new figures have revealed.
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