...as boats canvassed the lake working their way in slow circles, pushing fish toward the middle of the lake, workers in gas masks mixed powdered rotenone with lake water before applying it to the surface. Begich said there were close to 30 people on...

...body armor had to be augmented with shoulder and side protection, we had to wear gloves, ballistic glasses, carry a gas mask and we had to keep a round chambered in our weapons," Huguelet said. "Because the Shia Mahdi Army had infiltrated...

...the same day,'' said Jeff Stultz, of the Army Navy Store in Anchorage. Winter clothes and gas masks are in high demand. Unfortunately, gas masks have been a scarce commodity in Alaska after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Stultz said...