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Bulls may see that as an opportunity for small equipment manufacturers, but the large-equipment makers’ restraint is also a reminder that hot markets don’t always last.

The CPR report stated that "Foden's victims of excessive force used in restraint were all male".

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A bipartisan and international consensus had long decried the gathering threat of Saddam Hussein’s aggression and defiance of United Nations restraints.

The U.S. isn’t urging restraint, a senior Western official said.

Amnesty International warned the "risk of further escalation is high" as it urged restraint from authorities.

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