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...most-wanted Iraqis provided a much-needed boost to a White House reeling from growing public suspicions that it stretched its case for the war, which has claimed more American lives than did the first Gulf War. U.S. commanders hope the brothers' demise will decapitate the leadership of the guerrilla resistance that has tormented U.S. forces since the beginning of the summer and thereby deliver the enemy a mortal blow. The U.S. believes the Fedayeen Saddam militia, which Uday controlled during the war, is behind many of the attacks on American troops. At the same time, U.S. officials hope ordinary...
...response of Iraqi insurgents to the deaths of Uday and Qusay has been to escalate their attacks on U.S. forces. But the question of whether these are a Baathist swan song or part of an expanding guerrilla war will only be answered in the months ahead, particularly if Saddam is taken out of the equation in short order. U.S. analysts certainly believe that remnants of Saddam's regime are playing a central role in the resistance, but it's not clear whether they're dependent on the same central authority that held them together before the regime was toppled. There...
Like the M1 Abrams tank that performed so well in Iraq, Bush does best when moving forward. But he was facing guerrilla attacks last week on both his reasoning for going to war and lack of preparation for the peace. "He is tired of the weed whacking and the process stories," a senior official said of the President. But Bush's problem is bigger than weed whacking. In the latest TIME/CNN poll, Bush's job-approval rating has dropped to 55%, where it stood before 9/11--just barely above his low of 53% in January during the anguished national debate about...
...desperate to find him. At home, Americans are concerned about the constant flow of U.S. casualties resulting from what new Central Command General John Abizaid described last week as a "classical guerrilla-type campaign." While there is no evidence that Saddam is directing the attacks, U.S. war planners believe that as long as he is at large, he will continue to galvanize his followers. "Until the myth dies," says Lieut. Colonel Russell, who oversees the town of Tikrit, "people are going to show unnatural fear of his return." Capturing Saddam would also give a lift to the Bush Administration, roiled...
...India at the time of the attacks?and lost no time in condemning them. He added that he would encourage both governments to hold peace talks, and called all Kashmiri militants to "cease their operations." Even Zafar Akbar, a senior commander of a breakaway faction of the Kashmiri guerrilla group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, announced that he and "hundreds of colleagues" were renouncing violence for dialogue...