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...should war begin in Iraq. That much has been made obvious from the massive naval deployment in the Gulf. "This is the largest ever naval deployment in history," in the words of Rear Admiral Barry M. Costello, the Commander of the CTF 55. To be precise, there are three aircraft carriers - Constellation, Kitty Hawk and Lincoln - choking up the narrow Persian Gulf. Combined, they send nearly 200 sorties into Iraq every day and can double that within hours. Add to that more than 130 cruisers, frigates and destroyers...
...with Iran, they don't believe Saddam's regime is an imminent threat to its neighbors, much less to the West. Iraq's military is considerably weaker now than when it was driven out of Kuwait a decade ago, they argue, and it is unable even to keep hostile aircraft out of Iraqi airspace in the "no-fly" zones. And Bush administration efforts to posit a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda simply don't hold water with the European intelligence agencies. Saddam, in the minds of the Security Council antiwar bloc, is being effectively contained, while initiating...
...their best to avoid troubled Sri Lanka. Tour operators still remember the grim conditions of more than a decade ago when constant terrorist attacks led to wholesale cancellations. Less than two years ago, separatist guerrillas attacked the visitorpacked international airport?blowing up half of all the national carrier's aircraft and killing 17 people. Asia offered other, safer sun-kissed destinations; travelers disparaged Sri Lanka as "the poor man's Bali...
...DIED. MUSHAF ALI MIR, 55, commander of Pakistan's air force, after his Fokker F-27 aircraft crashed while flying from Islamabad to Kohat; in northwestern Pakistan. All 17 passengers were killed, including Mir's wife and two air vice-marshals. The cause of the crash is unknown...
...DISMISSED. STEVEN KUNKLE, commander of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk aircraft battle group, after he was found to have "engaged in an improper relationship with a female naval officer"; in Yokosuka, Japan. The Kitty Hawk has been deployed to the Gulf as the U.S. prepares for a possible war with Iraq...