Word: infliction
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Because of the huge number of men and weapons Saddam poured into Kuwait, many military observers expected him to fight more effectively and inflict many more casualties than he did. As Schwarzkopf recounted at his wrap-up briefing, Iraqi combat forces outnumbered the coalition's 2 to 1 on the battlefield. In addition, the Iraqis had many more tanks and artillery pieces and had carefully dug them...
...presented her, without interrupting. But then, for a good hour, she allowed no one to interrupt her monologue, in which she outlined in a most condensed way a position that was gaining greater momentum: not to limit things to a withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait but to inflict a devastating blow at Iraq, "to break the back" of Saddam and destroy the entire military, and perhaps industrial, potential of that country...
...process of putting Kuwait back together again commence. The extent of that task will not be clear , until the war is over and the damage can be surveyed. A lot depends on how much more fighting takes place, and how much more damage the Iraqis choose to inflict on the country as they exit. But the Kuwaiti government-in-exile has hired the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to lead the cleanup and repair operation for the first 90 days. Companies in several allied countries are already fighting for pieces of the lucrative construction work that lies ahead. Estimates...
Lokar's story is one of the more poignant examples of the harm that forced patriotism can inflict. As public backing for the war grows to near 80%, intolerance of failure to support the war in a politically correct way is on the rise. There have been acts of violence against antiwar protesters, though freedom of expression is one of America's most cherished principles. In Maplewood, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, Timothy Dunn went out to pick up his morning newspaper and found that his antiwar sign had been torched by a primitive incendiary device. Prowar demonstrators...
...Saddam is getting desperate to start what he calls the "mother of battles." His plan has always been to inflict such heavy casualties on attacking allied ground forces that President Bush would seek some sort of compromise peace. But the allies unobligingly intend to hold off until weeks of bombing have killed more of the Iraqi troops, destroyed many of their fortifications and weapons, and cut off their supplies. Possibly the Iraqi leader hopes to goad his enemies into launching the land campaign prematurely...