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...Saturday we were headed for Basra International Airport, which the Marines were to secure, when we were almost hit by what appeared to be a tank round. Fortunately, we had learned that the Iraqis are not very good at redirecting fire once they have nearly hit a target. As a further precaution, two Marines prepared to fire a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon, a rocket that can take out a tank. As they stepped out, another enemy round went off. Missed again...
...time we got to the airport, having been delayed by a broken fuel pump, Basra International was deserted. The battle for the airport--McCoy would later describe it as "brutal"--was over. Before they fled, the Iraqis had set fire to the airport administration building and had strewn the runway with debris to prevent U.S. planes from using it. All that remained was a statue of a waving Saddam standing forlornly amid the wreckage...
...still feel guilty. Politics aside, while at the airport or in class, most feel an urge to support the troops. There is a tangible sense that as the Middle East erupts in gunfire, we should be doing something other than traveling or taking notes. But Rosie the Riveter doesn’t exist anymore-she’s now Susannah the Social Worker, whose job is to protect America’s kids while some of their parents are at war, or Sue-Lee the Student, whose job is to keep learning how to be a better diplomat so that...
...situation in Basra is also not going that well for the British, whose prime responsibility it is to take that city. British forces claim to have taken the airport and to be positioned 3 miles to the west of Basra, but last night took a lot of shelling and there are some concerns that units of the elite Republican Guard may have been secretly sent to help defend Basra, contrary to coalition expectations. Nor is time on the British forces' side - according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Basra is running out of fresh water, and unless...
...Barmani, a village in the northwest of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Turkish presence is blatant. Just on the side of the road, about 20 tanks rest in an abandoned military airport, many covered with tarps. A few bored Turkish soldiers sit watching the cars drive by. But this is not the Turkish invasion the Kurds have been fearing - these troops have been here since 1996, when they came to fight the Kurdish Workers Party, the famed PKK, who had taken refuge here in Iraq. The PKK is long gone from this part of Kurdistan but the Turkish troops have remained...