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...that when American Combat Engineers got ready to blow up the statue of Saddam in the An Najaf city center, two-dozen fighters calling themselves "the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity" were on hand. They rode into the square in on top of heavily armed Special Forces Honda trucks, full of smiles and waving to anyone with a camera. Throughout the day they were only too glad to pose for pictures in their newly issued equipment while brandishing AK-47's, often begging to be photographed. They all professed to wanting Saddam dead and shouted their willingness to fight...
...interest drama, the (slightly) wounded saying "Hi, Mom" and tearful families waiting for word. There are photographs of rubble and of bloodstains that could easily be mistaken for spilled wine. But there is none of the horror, none of the unimaginable sights--bodies torn apart, limbs flying--that cause combat veterans to go mute when asked about their experiences. The coverage of this war is as close to the truth of this war as reality TV is to real life. At a moment like this, the media should be an irritant--shocking us, shaking us, making sure that...
...with the 3rd Brigade of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division as it heads north through a mixture of sandstorms and rain that sometimes leaves his cameras caked with a cement-like coating that he has to chip away bit by bit. "Most of these soldiers have never seen combat," says Morris, who has covered many wars in his 20-year career. "But that will change quickly as they come under fire and see casualties among their buddies...
...virus can also be devastating, as was in the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-19 (see viewpoint). Although that flu's mortality rate was only 2%, the virus had infected so many people that it felled 40 million victims in 18 months?more than the total death toll from combat in World War I. So far, SARS' fatality rate is 4%, comparable to normal, noncontagious pneumonia's. Optimists point out that in the three weeks that SARS has gripped Hong Kong, about 150 people in the territory have succumbed to normal pneumonia. But what spooks medical experts is how little...
...There are some images of war that stick with you forever - even ones that have nothing to do with combat. For the first four days in and around An Najaf, I was constantly following the action, as firefights and pitched battles sprung up in different parts of town. Now, as the 1st Brigade awaits orders to move further north, there is time to stop following the warriors and think about the people of An Najaf...