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...Khafji, one of the more important clashes of the ground war. I'd been having tea with an Egyptian general when his phone rang. It was General Schwarzkopf, and they had an animated conversation. Schwarzkopf told the Egyptians that a huge Iraqi assault was expected on the Western flank of allied lines. He was saying they're coming straight at you. So the general let us go out with his special forces, who were setting ambushes along the wadi where the attack was expected. We were lying there in the desert all night with these special forces guys when suddenly...
...assuming Thompson and Whitman are next, it would appear that Bush has soothed all beasts thus far by making his diversity acceptable to his right flank. Right? But ah, the left - there are scattered reports that Senate Democrats will subject Whitman to a hot roasting over her gross ham-handedness with racial profiling in New Jersey. We might even get to see the picture of her frisking the innocent black motorist - and grinning...
...Even absent the challenge from Peres on his left flank, Barak will certainly struggle to beat Sharon, according to the current poll numbers. But poll numbers may be misleading, since it's far from clear that the supporters of the religious parties and other smaller groups will actually bother to vote. These factions typically express their support for a prime ministerial candidate during a parliamentary election in which they're going to the polls primarily to vote for their own party, but this election is only for the post of prime minister. The rabbis may simply advise supporters...
...sight. National television had already gone live last Thursday afternoon to the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, where a row of Israeli flags had been set up to flank Prime Minister Ehud Barak as he prepared to announce a cease-fire that would halt five weeks of bloodshed. But in Jerusalem people heard another voice ring out--a terrible, too familiar boom. Police rushed through the narrow alleys of the Mazkoret Moshe neighborhood, hammering on doors to evacuate shaken elderly residents. Thick smoke filled the alleys. Black-hatted yeshiva students ducked around corners, calling out in Yiddish for their friends...
...most part, the left side of the Crimson defensive line kept Reese from wheeling off the flank and collecting yards on the outside, where he feels most comfortable. Except for a 34-yard sideline sprint in the third quarter and a perfectly executed halfback pass before halftime, Reese never substantially factored in the game...