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WITH EXPLOSIONS AND GUNFIRE ECHOING IN THE distance, the Marines in the observation post in downtown Ramadi know they are at war. They're just not sure who--or where--the enemy is. In restive Iraqi cities like Ramadi, the U.S. campaign to deny sanctuary to the insurgents consists of a daily assortment of hit-and-run exchanges, alleyway gunfights and nighttime raids. "They've taken the fight into the neighborhoods," says Captain Jeffrey Kenney, commander of Golf Company of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. "The hardest thing is to ID where the fire is coming from." The jarheads...
Which is why Monica Frost, a single mother leaning on her neighbor's beat-up Nissan in a black neighborhood north of downtown, knew exactly why Cosby Lindquist, 27, was heading up the walk one sunny afternoon last week with a Palm Pilot in his hand. It was not the first time she had talked to someone with "this little computer thing." Lindquist pressed a button and handed it to her as an image of Bush appeared on the screen and an announcer listed how many African Americans had lost their health coverage and their jobs in the past four...
...business these days," says another jeweler. The second wave of Iraqis can't afford such extravagances. They're buying cheaper apartments or simply renting. "They don't have the same kind of money," says one real-estate agent. The newcomers tend to stay near the University of Jordan or downtown, where a room for the night costs less than a cappuccino at the Mecca Mall. "A hundred dollars doesn't go far here like it does in Baghdad," says Jamal. That only makes the sight of the former Baathists harder to bear. Few of the new-wave Iraqis would dare...
...That case stemmed from a fight in the “Combat Zone” neighborhood of downtown Boston, which led to the death of football player Andrew Puopolo...
...city is also known for its clubs, of course, and options abound beyond the famous Second City for comedy and Kingston Mines or Green Dolphin Street for jazz. Natives flock to Rosa's Lounge, a blues haven northwest of downtown run by Tony Rosa and his mother. You may not end up dancing in the streets, as Matthew Broderick's character did, but a few hours of R. and R. in Chicago will certainly feel like...