Word: combated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Asani says he wants to increase course offerings in introductory Islam to combat the ignorance many students have...
...Persian Gulf, the U.S.S. Nimitz had received no attack order from the Pentagon, but everything was pointing to a confrontation. In contrast to last month, when intelligence information took days to reach the aircraft carrier, the CIA was rushing satellite-reconnaissance photos to the Nimitz's dimly lit combat center in just minutes. Out on the flight deck, pilots in F-14s and F-18s who were executing as many as six sorties a day over southern Iraq reported that Saddam was preparing for an American attack by dispersing his surface-to-air missile batteries and bunkering his jets. TIME...
...serious bombing campaign requires heavy, land-based aircraft--not the sleek little F-18 Hornets and F-14 Tomcats that take off from carrier decks--the Pentagon wants to dispatch 50 warplanes to the region, including fierce, moveable-wing B-1 bombers (which would be making their first combat appearance) and F-15 and F-16 fighters. Marine General Anthony Zinni, the U.S. Central Commander (Norman Schwarzkopf's job during Desert Storm in 1991), spent much of last week in the Gulf region, starting the process of securing bases for the U.S. firepower. Since Saudi Arabia has the best airport...
...according to Pentagon officials. The strikes, by Navy and Air Force jets as well as by cruise missiles, would be at the suspected weapons facilities Saddam has tried to hide from U.N. inspectors. Fighter pilots have an internal alarm clock that puts them more on edge when they sense combat is near, and the flyers on the Nimitz, watching CNN day and night, have that feeling...
...combat misinformation, the News Office encourages tour groups to use undergraduate tour guides, usually taken from the Crimson Key Society. However, most commercial tours still use their own guides...