Word: 1st
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...greater Iraq that includes Kuwait, Palestine and Arabstan, a region of Iran historically controlled by Baghdad. The note says Saddam is beginning with the easiest--Kuwait. And then there is Uday's university transcript from 1988, the year he was awarded a degree in civil engineering. "He ranked 1st in a class of 174 students," the transcript reads before detailing his grades: excellent in every subject, except Physical Training and First Aid, in which he was satisfactory, the highest grades offered for such courses...
...well-known anti-Semite and symbol of hate from infecting the campus with his presence. Others castigated Summers for censoring Paulin. They advocated what they called “free speech.” Of course, this phrase was adopted for rhetorical purposes because most Americans hold the 1st Amendment dear. Free speech is a juridical term that refers to an individual’s right to express himself without fear of criminal punishment. To clarify, I’m fairly sure Summers didn’t want to arrest Paulin. In any case, free speech was the ostensible basis...
...fact, unfolded faster then any plan had predicted. Over one eight-hour period, the 1st Brigade received four major changes to the next day's plan of operations. Half jokingly Lieutenant Colonel Lehr, the Brigade Executive Officer, said, "Plan early, plan twice...
...soldiers of 1st Brigade, the fact that things didn't go according to plan did not mean that they were unprepared. As one soldier said, "We trained for urban combat, for a possible street fight in Baghdad. That same training works just as well in An Najaf." It also worked fine in Karbala and Hilla, two other cities where the 101st had to squelch strong paramilitary resistance, which had not been in the original plan...
...Throughout the war, officers and soldiers referred to training events back at Fort Campbell or at the military's training centers to build mental images of the tasks ahead. Major Hart, the 1st Brigade Air Force Liaison, said, "I had to constantly remind myself that this was not another JRTC (Joint Readiness Training Center) rotation. Everything we encountered in JRTC we are encountering here. It is almost uncanny how everything we trained for is happening...