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Just when things had started to calm down, we were warned that Iraqi special-ops forces were nearby. We put on our helmets and Kevlar vests and hunkered down in our tents. There would be no air cover, given the weather. Our unit couldn't withstand an attack by tanks or grenades--hell, the wind nearly took...
...history were written now, it would record that despite enemy resistance and crippling weather, the Army's 3rd Infantry Division's push into Iraq in just a week is an advance of men and armor unmatched in speed in the annals of warfare. In addition, more than 7,000 smart bombs and missiles battered the Iraqi leadership's command and control outposts and pounded the tanks and artillery of Saddam's Republican Guard. After prolonged delay, 1,000 members of the U.S.'s 173rd Airborne Brigade parachuted into northern Iraq to open a second front. A senior U.S. official told...
...world's most acclaimed photojournalists, Nachtwey debated whether to travel with U.S. troops but opted in the end to work from Baghdad, where he has recorded the sights--the rubble of damaged buildings, the bomb victims in hospital wards--of a city under withering attack. The severe weather that has hampered allied troops has also hit Baghdad. "The sandstorm was the most amazing sight," says Nachtwey. "It looked like the prelude to an apocalypse...
...Radcliffe heavyweight crew’s race Saturday against Penn and Brown was cancelled due to inclement weather. Because of the cold and unfavorable forecast, the teams were unable to row in the basin of the Charles River, where they usually compete. Brown, therefore, decided not to make the trip north on Friday night. Penn, on the other hand, had already arrived and, as it turned out, the weather was suitable for a race farther down the Charles. Ivy League restrictions limit the number of races each team can schedule and, as the Black and White already has the maximum...
Klein shined through the poor weather and difficult course, winning the Yale Invitational this weekend in New Haven, Conn. Klein’s 76-74-150, 10 over par, beat UConn’s Justin Ciombor by a single stroke, making Klein the first Crimson golfer to win a tournament since Alex Gonzalez ’98. Overall, Harvard placed fifth, with a score of 307-318-625, 13 strokes behind champion UConn...