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...didn’t give up an earned run. Ordinarily a part-time DH for the Crimson, Wheeler went after a lineup of wall-to-wall .300 hitters with a simple curve and a fastball clocked at around 83 mph—hardly more than a sling and a pile of rocks. But Wheeler did nothing but get ahead of hitters early in the count and, had the ninth turned out differently, could have left Fenway with...
...that the question would be addressed "if and when the point arrives." British sources seem convinced that some of Saddam's weapons scientists have fled to Syria, which is one reason why the British--who are careful not to say anything bad about Iran--are quite happy to pile on Damascus. Syria denies helping Iraq or its fleeing officials. It is the presence of Iraqi weapons expertise, says a senior British official, that makes "dealing with Syria so important." None of this implies that after the allied troops take Tikrit, they will smartly turn left and head to Damascus. Administration...
...people to testify to such charges - no player dared, for fear of getting far worse. On Saturday, TIME found what may be the first solid proof of torture in Uday's own backyard - the administrative compound of the Olympic committee in central Baghdad. Laying on its side beneath a pile of dead leaves not 20 meters from Uday's office was a refugee from a medieval dungeon: an iron maiden. About two meters tall, a meter wide and just deep enough to contain a grown man, the iron sarcophagus-shaped device was worn from use; rusty three-inch nails lined...
...Saturday, however, TIME found what may be the first tangible evidence pointing to torture in Uday's own backyard, the administrative compound of the Iraqi national Olympic committee in central Baghdad. Hidden in a pile of dead leaves, not 20 yards from the building housing the Iraqi Football Association, was that must-have appliance of every medieval dungeon: an iron maiden...
...Looking around for an escape route, I noticed a second pile of artillery shells, 300 feet off to my left. I also spotted another, a smaller cluster - mostly mortar shells. The nearest cover was the walled compound of a domed church, along a narrow alleyway some 60 feet behind...