Word: kuwait
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...angrily opposed around the world. It would also be crucial to persuading the international community to join in funding the reconstruction of Iraq. "I think the planners realize they will be judged more on this than on the fighting," says Major Chris Hughes, a U.S. military spokesman in Kuwait...
...mostly waiting for something to happen. After the first heavy 36 hours of this war, when Marines rolled through southeastern Iraq destroying Saddam's 51st division and the U.S. Army powered up the western flank, the last two days have been less dramatic. A supply column now runs from Kuwait north of Nasiriyah where fighting still continues. Much of the American military force is now heading toward Baghdad for what is expected to be Saddam's last stand...
...surrendering Iraqis suddenly took up their weapons again. New rules of engagement were drawn up. If a surrendering Iraqi doesn't drop his gun, you can still shoot him. And in the south, a convoy of journalists came under attack by local bandits. The area along the border with Kuwait may have been taken, but it is far from secure...
...forces have indeed raced forward, reaching Najaf and other points in the north that are within striking distance of Baghdad. But the costs of this rapid advance are now being paid. There is mounting insecurity behind the front lines, and spreading harrassment of the long logistics column that links Kuwait with the troops 240 miles to the northwest...
...Journalists who have crossed the border from Kuwait into southern Iraq have found that local people are far from the joyous celebrating crowds that the U.S. and UK miltary had hoped for. Many are surly or resentful of the foreign military presence, and impatient to get humanitarian aid that still hasn't arrived...