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...expected." And Administration officials insist that by the time the review was endorsed by the Bush principals on Sept. 4, it was more aggressive than anything contemplated the previous winter. The final plan, they say, was designed not to "roll back" al-Qaeda but to "eliminate" it. But that delay came at a cost. The Northern Alliance was desperate for help but got little of it. And in a bureaucratic squabble that would be farfetched on The West Wing, nobody in Washington could decide whether a Predator drone--an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the best possible source of real...
AILING. SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC, 60, former Yugoslav President on trial before a U.N. war tribunal for genocide during the Bosnian war; of severe heart disease and high blood pressure; in the Hague. Court-recommended treatment is expected to delay the trial...
...strongest argument in favor of the "Desert Storm II" scenario is that the U.S. can't afford the political consequences of failure, or even of a stalled offensive. Hawks say it fails to take sufficient advantage of U.S. technological advantage, and that the slow buildup of forces that would delay action at least until next spring gives Saddam time to maneuver to avoid attack. But precisely because there's consensus over the inadmissibility of failure, a "Desert Storm II" scale force is likely to be assembled even if only to allow a seamless transition to Plan B if either...
...barber who has given up on cnbc and now takes longer walks with his wife because he knows he has to stay in shape--he'll be working more years than he had thought. Fully one-third of Americans between 50 and 64 said they had decided to delay their retirement because their assets had shrunk in the market--and that was back in February. "There's no doubt there are more now," says G.O.P. pollster Frank Luntz. "They saw their retirement in the near future, and they watched it move away from them...
...objecting Wednesday to the delay, prosecutors implied they will likely want to explore a settlement rather than become involved in a complex, expensive case...