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...Operation Desert Fox", as the Pentagon dubbed the assault, was intended to last up to four days and involved American and British aircraft and U.S. warships. The Pentagon announced that extra aircraft and ground troops were being sent to the area...
Army Gen. Hugh Shelton, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon was sending an additional 36 combat aircraft to the Gulf. He said more ground troops also would...
MONEY Daily's morning gut-check with top analysts and traders on Thursday found them counseling "watch and wait," but not expecting anything approaching a selling frenzy. All of that could change very quickly, though, if U.S. troops become involved on the ground. For now, some traders are taking some precautionary steps to get out of international stocks. "We have been doing some swapping," says Hugh Johnson, First Albany's chief investment strategist. "We've sold some stocks with big international exposure, like Dupont, ConAgra and Phillips Petroleum, and have bought Staples and McGraw Hill. I'm trying to make...
WASHINGTON: Now that Operation Desert Fox has the sky falling on Baghdad, it won't feel like victory to ordinary Iraqis. But although President Clinton says this trip was necessary in order for UN inspectors to be able to do their jobs, this may mean the end of ground-based reconaissance. In the end, the decision to launch missile strikes on Iraq is another big win for Saddam Hussein. "The strikes are tantamount to an acknowledgment of defeat from the U.S.," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. UNSCOM's on-the-ground effort at arms control through inspection...
...inspector on the ground is worth half a dozen B-52's in the air," Thompson says. "Now we're going to see a long period of repeated, persistent bombings that will be based on much less information." How long Americans and the international community will stand behind such a messy and protracted campaign, Thompson says, "is anybody's guess. But it's going to continue until either Iraq changes its ways -- or the U.S. gives...