And Pakistan is a key logistics route for U.S. equipment heading into Afghanistan.

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Every piece of equipment heading to the island is first staged on the mainland, inspected, then sealed in white plastic shrink-wrap to make it look like a creation by the artist Christo.

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Mr. Goddard, who works for a Minneapolis medical-equipment company, was heading home to Houston.

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Shares of Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment provider ASML are heading lower Wednesday morning after the company offered some cautious commentary on the outlook for capital spending from its chip industry customers.

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Most of them had just fled a few hours earlier, heading north - perhaps towards Mauritania - leaving vehicles and equipment behind.

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