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...funny to think back to 1996, when Howard won office. The first Howard ministry was a bunch of no-names; after 13 years of Labor rule, today's big guns, like Costello, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, had no ministerial experience. But the conservatives have put their stamp on the country, improved their party organization and employed the privileges of office to keep themselves in power. Howard became P.M. with a huge parliamentary majority; implementing his convictions - tax and industrial-relations reform, tougher gun laws and cultural realignment - cost him some of his electoral buffer...
...destroy two bunkers that insurgents were using to fire on their positions. Easy's Third Platoon moved in to inspect one of the buildings, which had been hit the day before by a 500-lb. bomb. Platoon Commander 2nd Lieut. Ilario Pantano reported back that they had found gun emplacements and binoculars and that the building was still usable by insurgents. Another Marine later recalled the smell of death. Tank fire would finish the house off. Then, to their north, they spotted the movement of three or four men. Some of them appeared to be carrying guns...
...last week, a reminder that winning a war can be deadlier than fighting it in the first place. "There's a rumor that Bush is going to redeclare war here. Have you heard it?" asks a 1st Cavalry Division private on patrol as he mans a machine gun in a Baghdad slum. "It's a good idea. Right now we drive around just enough to get people really angry and let them take shots at us. We should just roll over Sadr City and take out all the bad guys...
...dilemma for him and his U.S. bosses is that his determination to stay with the U.S. has put his life in even greater danger. A couple of days ago, someone slipped a death threat under his door. With his next paycheck, Adnan plans to buy a new gun. --With reporting by Simon Robinson/Baghdad and Mark Thompson/Washington
Principal David Samore was sued and suspended for pointing a toy gun at a student. Status: He has apologized, saying he was showing "even toy guns scare people...