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...brutal battle for Stalingrad that broke the back of Hitler's offensive and decisively turned the tide of the war. (Saddam, being something of a student of Stalin, may also be encouraged by the fact that although Russians loathed their dictator, they fought bravely to defend their country from invasion - even if sometimes it was the guns pointed at their backs, rather than patriotic heroism, that prevented retreat.) Saddam can't seriously hope to repel the invasion, but he may believe that by raising the human cost of capturing the city, and dragging out the battle over weeks...
...Iraqi president called upon his country to fight the American invaders. This is his second broadcast since the U.S. strike against him. Saddam referred to the heroic Iraqi resistance against the American-led invasion, and specifically mentioned the battle to defend the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr-a fierce fight that had received much news attention throughout Sunday. That reference alone appeared to be fairly solid proof that Saddam had indeed survived the March 20th blitz...
...take that city. British forces claim to have taken the airport and to be positioned 3 miles to the west of Basra, but last night took a lot of shelling and there are some concerns that units of the elite Republican Guard may have been secretly sent to help defend Basra, contrary to coalition expectations. Nor is time on the British forces' side - according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Basra is running out of fresh water, and unless the city is quickly taken there will be a huge humanitarian crisis in there, exactly the opposite of what...
...swung north for Baghdad, leaving the British to take possession of a city where coalition commanders had hoped they would be welcomed. After all, the predominantly Shiite population of Iraq's third largest city had led the 1991 revolt against Saddam, and a whole Iraqi division deployed to defend it had surrendered. The spectacle of coalition forces being welcomed without a fight would certainly have helped PR efforts to counter mounting Arab and Muslim hostility to the war. Instead, resistance at Basra continues, possibly with the aid of Special Republican Guard Units deployed there against expectations. And the International Committee...
...We’re going in to defend our championship,” said Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni. “But remember this, when you defend something you dig your heels in. We’re not digging our heels, we’re right on the balls of our feet...