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...Reaganites, as some prefer to be called--are at once pessimists and optimists. The world, they believe, is a dangerous, threatening place. Civilization and democracy hang by a thread; great beasts prowl the forest, ready to prey on those not tough enough to meet them in equal combat. At the same time--this is the optimistic bit--the U.S. is endowed by Providence with the power to make the world better if it will only take the risks of leadership to do so; if, in the current jargon, it is sufficiently "forward leaning." At crucial times, they argue...
...massive aerial blitz has spared not just civilians but also infrastructure targets like roads, bridges and power plants, there was less certainty among some of the soldiers who carried out the attacks. "We want to avoid collateral damage, but that is the most difficult thing," said a combat pilot aboard the U.S.S. Constellation after returning from a bombing run. "When we drop that bomb, we know that someone is dying...
...more common sight than Iraqi garrisons. Some U.S. troops could barely hide their disappointment at not coming under enemy fire. "What the hell did we come here to do?" asked First Sergeant William Mitchell, 34, a member of Charlie Rock Company, the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, as his crew idled on the highway last week. On Friday members of Charlie Rock burst into the southern city of Nasiriyah, fully expecting a battle with Iraqi forces. As their convoy roared toward the Tallil airfield south of Nasiriyah, the brigade's gunners and dismount crews oiled their...
...Urban combat, chemical weapons, civilian casualties, guerrilla warfare, humanitarian crises in the south, instability in the north--whatever the unknowns that lurked ahead, the war machine was undeterred, as evidenced by the various units rolling across the desert, preparing to deliver the ultimate blow to the Iraqi regime. While each day that the war drags on gives the Iraqis a chance to regroup, it also grants allied forces the opportunity to reload. As the 3rd Infantry Division made its way past Nasiriyah, a long column of the 101st Airborne Division barreled out of Kuwait into the desert on a parallel...
...were recruited mostly from the Hussein family's tribe. In short order, Qusay joined Iraq's top governing body, the Revolutionary Command Council. When the war began, he was sitting at the apex of the country's byzantine intelligence network. He also commanded the deadliest of Iraq's elite combat troops--the 80,000-strong Republican Guard and 15,000-member Special Republican Guard, charged with protecting Saddam and his family. These days, however, there is little that anyone can do to protect the inner circle.--By Unmesh Kher. Reported by Meenakshi Ganguly/Baghdad and Scott MacLeod/Cairo...