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...south, U.S. troops face an uncertain reception. While Shi'ite Muslims disdain Saddam's Sunni-led government, they are also wary of a coalition that allowed Saddam to crush a 1991 Shi'ite uprising at the end of the Gulf War. The western reaches of Iraq are mostly empty desert...
...wasn't long before Franks was a marked man. After he served in Desert Storm, directing helicopter and ground units, the Army's high command gave him the job of remaking the service for the post--cold war world. "He has an uncanny ability to look at complex situations and go from concept to application," says Sullivan, who launched the effort. A steady stream of plum assignments came Franks' way in the 1990s, culminating in the Central Command, and his fourth star, in July...
...have also been stepped up. Propaganda leaflets are dropped daily, promising punishment or death to Iraqi troops who resist or who unleash chemical or biological weapons. In the Kuwaiti desert, Western camera crews that taped 3rd Infantry Division troops storming a mock Iraqi street were being co-opted by military media strategists, who privately say street fighting forms no part of the war plan. The exercises were designed to spook Baghdad...
...them. "There is no need for any communication with the Americans," says the Syria-based al-Wakil. Given such attitudes, says the senior British military source, it's tough even to make contact with the Shi'ites. So far, the Special Forces Groups are largely hiding out in the desert, minimizing contact with locals until any fighting starts. "We still don't know if people will welcome us or shoot us," he says...
...board, and the service and food were outstanding. The Sun Boat transported us peacefully upriver to docks from which we could travel easily to ancient monuments, including the majestic columns and obelisks of Karnak and the richly painted tombs of kings and queens burrowed into the desert. While waiting for the next monument to show up, we stretched out on the Sun Boat's deck, admiring the groves of date palms passing by, and exchanged salutes with farmers and fishermen. Any antipathy between Arabs and Americans seemed far away...