Word: huntly
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...Iraqi fear of reprisals has complicated the U.S. hunt for Saddam. In the past month, two Iraqis working directly with U.S. forces in Tikrit have been murdered. One man, a source who led U.S. troops to a number of weapons caches and resistance organizers, was shot in his auto-repair shop in broad daylight. "I would hate to see the stage," says a Pentagon official close to the search for Saddam, "where they start shooting people who come and talk...
...Central Asia. "If these drug convoys have any connection with terrorists, special forces will move in," says a Western diplomat. "Otherwise the attitude is, 'Hey, it's not our problem.'" Officially the U.S. military in Afghanistan claims it has "no record" of special forces' stumbling across drugs in their hunt for terrorists. But a U.S. military spokesman at Bagram, Sergeant Major Harrison Sarles, acknowledges, "We're not a drug task force. That's not part of our mission...
...wait to hunt for a doctor until the day you come down with the flu. Start the search when you're feeling healthy, advises Dr. Mack Lipkin Jr., director of the division of primary care at New York University School of Medicine. "You wouldn't buy a car the day you needed to get out of town," he says. "You'd want time to shop. You have to do the same when you choose a doctor." Although the concept of meeting with a physician before you sign on as a patient may seem a bit strange, Hiatt says, "there...
George W. Bush hadn't mentioned Osama bin Laden's name in months, but he said recently that the U.S. was "slowly but surely" dismantling bin Laden's terrorist operation. As the hunt for Saddam Hussein intensifies, some U.S. officials are suggesting that the focus on the former leader of Iraq has come at the cost of eliminating the eccentric Saudi millionaire behind the 9/11 attacks...
...Iraqis had over two decades to develop these weapons. And hiding them was an essential part of their program." DAVID KAY, who is overseeing the Bush Administration's hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, after testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Kay says that Iraqis who were involved in weapons programs are helping inspection teams...