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...Iraq's northern and southern no-fly zones, from which Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's planes have been barred since shortly after the 1991 war's end, the number of missions flown by British and American warplanes has jumped sharply in recent months. Pilots are flying four missions a week, and they've expanded their target list from Iraqi air defenses that actually lock on to their jets to all surface-to-air installations, threatening or not. They're also hitting military headquarters and surface-to-surface missile systems...
Marliss Prasse, the mother of the most prolific point guard in the history of the Ivy League, had flown in from Seattle, Wash. to watch her son, Elliott Prasse-Freeman, play in his final game...
...rows up sat Clare Sig, the comparatively diminutive mother of seven-foot center Brian Sigafoos. She had also flown across the country—in her case, from San Diego—to watch the culmination of her son’s long climb...
...zone has come to include dramatically expanded attacks on weapons and communications systems that would confront any invading force. Still diplomatic resistance led by France, Russia and Germany has proved remarkably resilient, and even traditionally reliable Turkey - from whose territory the Anglo-American "no-fly" zone patrols are flown, and had been expected to host U.S. forces that would attack Iraq from the north - has not yet joined the war party. Washington has had to give up trying to convince potential allies of its case for war, and seek instead to leverage economic and other unrelated pressure points to compel...
...mammals have been flown from their home base in San Diego to Bahrain to see whether they can help protect U.S. ships against Iraqi frogmen and mines. Living in pens on land next to the Persian Gulf, the sea lions, which average around 350 lbs. each, will hop aboard boats and dive into the water near the ships they are protecting. Their keen eyes and hearing allow them to detect intruders or mines far better than their human counterparts. A sea lion can swim up to 25 m.p.h. for short bursts, enabling it to nab an underwater foe by snaring...