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...underway and that all citizens should don their masks and move to the "Heder Ha'atum" (the one room in the house that citizens had previously, at the start of the Gulf War, been instructed to seal against chemical attack with foam and nylon sheeting). There we are to await further instructions from the army. "This is not," barks the Haga (Civil Defense authority) spokesperson, "a drill or an exercise." I put on my mask and place my anti-nerve gas injector and my mustard gas powder next to me on the bed. The civil defense announcements are now coming...
BODY RECOVERY. This unit is trained to deal with the most gruesome aspect of war: the recovery and identification of bodies. Heavy fighting could force soldiers to bury corpses temporarily in the Saudi sands to await exhumation by the unit and shipment home. In the event of a chemical or biological attack, the specialists would have to cleanse the bodies by washing them with decontaminants...
...eliminated. Thus the scenario that envisions Saddam suing for peace after absorbing a first blow is best rejected. As in , 1967, when the Arab nations that fought Israel ran to the U.N. for a cease- fire resolution as soon as Jerusalem's superiority was manifest, such a resolution must await a complete military victory. In the present case, that means the destruction of Saddam's chemical, biological and nuclear war- fighting capabilities. To leave those intact after punishing Saddam into withdrawing from Kuwait would be folly...
Although the White House has modified a highly controversial ruling that would have banned many racebased scholarships, Harvard officials say they will await further information before changing any University programs...
Meanwhile, clinical researchers around thecountry await the outcome of the Harvard study."We may have to be patient," says E. RobertGreenberg of Dartmouth College's Norris CottonCancer Center in Hanover, N.H. "You're talkingabout a process that may take decades...