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...bombing of Baghdad had started at 5:30am local time when as many as two dozen cruise missiles struck at what Pentagon officials described as "leadership targets" - some 90 minutes after the expiration of President Bush's deadline for Saddam to depart Iraq to avoid war. Bush addressed the nation 45 minutes later, announcing that the opening stages of the operation were underway and that U.S. forces were striking "selected targets to undermine Saddam's ability to wage war." He warned Americans to expect a protracted campaign that he said was an essential part of keeping U.S. cities safe from...
...Saddam knows the U.S. would prefer to avoid a street-by-street battle for Baghdad, which would almost certainly bring high civilian casualties, and even significant losses on the U.S. side as American technological superiority is partially blunted by the built environment. He may see his best hope lies in forcing the invaders into a fight for the capital. If Saddam's survival concept is based on the political effects of a Baghdad-as-Stalingrad scenario, that may prompt him, at least initially, to keep any chemical and biological munitions tethered and gird for a defense of the capital...
...imperative for our military to move swiftly and the need to avoid innocent casualties creates a complex juggling act - finishing the war quickly, as President Bush said late Wednesday, requires maximum force. But maximum force also greatly increases the risks of civilian casualties, particularly since Saddam has deployed so many of his key military resources in civilian population centers. Most of the ordinance dropped by U.S. planes these days is guided with precision to its targets by satellite or laser-pointer, but precision bombing require precision intelligence - the U.S. bomb that destroyed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade...
...alternative to racial profiling is a 30 minute wait, and the respondent would not be singled out for screening, 55 percent of those surveyed would choose profiling. Only 44.7 percent would support profiling to avoid a ten minute wait if they were not being screened...
That would be a sour end to a brilliant career, and if Moore’s recent performance is any indication, he will do anything to avoid an early exit. After a frustrating 2-1 Beanpot semifinal loss to Boston University, Mazzoleni shuffled his lines—placing Moore alongside junior Kenny Turano and freshman Charlie Johnson...