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COLLATERAL DAMAGE Civilian casualties are a political and military nightmare. Human-rights groups estimate that about 3,500 Iraqi civilians died in the 1991 war. U.S. officials refuse to estimate the numbers of civilian expected deaths in a second Gulf War. It could get extremely messy, with the carnage broadcast instantly around the world. "What appears on al-Jazeera TV in the region is going to determine success maybe even more so than the actions on the ground," says retired Marine General Anthony Zinni, who ran Central Command from 1997 to 2000. "All the explanations afterwards won't counter those...
...Americans say they would like to keep Iraqi infrastructure unharmed. If things went as planned, key civilian sites like bridges and water and power systems would largely be spared, bringing home the message that the U.S. target is Saddam, not the Iraqi people. Such a strategy would make reconstruction easier when the war ended...
...technology. As soon as they have their orders, some 30 ships will shower these pre-planned targets with Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, an 18 foot long weapon that carries a 1000 pound warhead. Saddam has seen these before, during the Gulf War. They seldom miss their target - something that Iraqi civilians are banking on as they brace themselves for war. In Baghdad, when asked why they were not building shelters, most Iraqis shrug and say that the missiles never struck civilian areas unless they were mistaken for defense targets. Fighter jets, loaded with smart bombs, will follow the missile barrage. Over...
...pilot on the U.S.S. Constellation, takes out an F-18 Hornet at least once every day, may be twice, kills his lights, rams on the night goggles and flies into the "Box" as pilots call Iraq. Pilots are being trained to be particularly careful to prevent loss of civilian lives or vital infrastructure. Last week, they used precision-guided weapons to target five underground military communication sites just 60 miles southeast of Baghdad, without taking any civilian lives - though forces were met with Iraqi ground fire. According to the United States Central Command, Iraqi defense has fired at US planes...
...clash began on March 2 after Air Force First Sergeant Budianto was arrested following a fight with a civilian. His colleagues came to the station demanding his release and, in an attempt to avoid a confrontation, the police assented. But when the air force crew returned two days later to retrieve Budianto's military ID card, they found it was in the possession of one of the civilians who filed the initial complaint. Furious with the police for not returning the ID, air force soldiers attacked the station later that night, fatally stabbing a police officer...