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...fight from the "inside out"--a lightning drive on Baghdad to decapitate the regime and then liberate the rest of the country--Saddam has counterattacked from the outside in. He let allied forces plunge deep inside Iraq, leaving their rear and flanks ill protected so that his forces could harass and ambush them. His aim was shrewd and twofold: to pester and wear down allied forces and lure the U.S. into inflicting politically costly civilian casualties...
...Iraqi military and members of the ruling Baath party continued Monday to fight guerrilla-style actions in Umm Qasr, Basra and even Safwan on the Iraq-Kuwait border. Sunday's capture by Iraq of a U.S. maintenance unit outside Nasiriyah is a reminder that these guerrilla-style tactics can harass coalition supply lines as the front moves closer to Baghdad...
Such egregious offenses against our hospitality pose a threat to our national security. Combined with its nuclear capabilities, China has expressed hostility towards democracy and human rights. While the FBI should not harass Chinese students indiscriminately, it must be vigorous in its efforts to prosecute and, if necessary, deport any students whom it reasonably suspects of espionage...
...might have greeted the news that the 72-year-old Swedish diplomat had subjected his inspectors to a program of "cultural sensitivity" training so as to avoid them unnecessarily offending the Iraqis. But Blix is unmoved by any criticism of such choices. "We are not coming to Iraq to harass or insult or humiliate them," he told the BBC last month. "That is not our purpose." At the same time, he told a British newspaper, "You have to behave yourself but you have to be firm. You have to do your job. We certainly feel there is a right...
...camps cross the border amid the flow of civilian traffic. Once inside Afghanistan, the Americans say, the terrorists are assisted by abettors who provide money, pass on information about U.S. troop movements and safeguard supplies. Loaded with equipment and intelligence, the al-Qaeda forces then move out to harass American troops. Since the U.S. forces cannot cross into Pakistan, they can only try to catch the terrorists after they re-enter Afghanistan...