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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...could not be turned. The storefront windows a few feet away were blown out, but otherwise the surrounding buildings are intact. In some cases, the Iraqis attempted to hide tanks and trucks from U.S. planes by parking them underneath freeway overpasses, and even though the vehicles were destroyed by laser-guided munitions that entered from the side, the bridges above were untouched. In other places, trucks lie demolished under scorched trees; the Iraqi soldiers apparently did not realize that palm fronds hide nothing from modern thermal-imaging devices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Ever Happened To The Republican Guard? | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

Jordan surely meant well. Most of us would err on the side of protecting a colleague's life. And there's nothing evil about wanting to report from Iraq--especially in the '90s, when America was focusing like a laser beam on its own navel. But precisely because for many of those years there was no Fox News, no MSNBC and no al-Jazeera, CNN's reporting--and omissions--had even greater influence in shaping perceptions of Iraq, particularly in the Middle East. If it couldn't tell viewers how its newsgathering was shaped by implicit death threats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Sitting On The Story | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...Jordan surely meant well. Most of us would err on the side of protecting a colleague's life. And there's nothing evil about wanting to report from Iraq - especially in the '90s, when America was focusing like a laser beam on its own navel. But precisely because for many of those years there was no Fox News, no MSNBC and no al-Jazeera, CNN's reporting - and omissions - had even greater influence in shaping perceptions of Iraq, particularly in the Middle East. If it couldn't tell viewers how its newsgathering was shaped by implicit death threats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble With Sitting on the Story | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...fourth, Reed retired the first two batters before allowing a triple to VanAllen. Schutt, who hit cleanup in the first game, then homered to left-center, giving the Big Red an 8-0 lead. Fifth hitter David Bredhoff made it back-to-back shots with a laser beam to left, putting an exclamation mark on an already gruesome Sunday home opener...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Recovers, Salvages Home Split | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

...strong second-place finish was paralleled by freshman Vince Porter’s third place result. Sailing single-handed in a Laser, Porter started slowly, with an 11th and a 15th place in his first three runs. After that, though, Porter finished Sunday strong, with second and first places in his last three runs cementing a third place overall...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coed Sailing Takes Second at Admiral’s Cup, But Overall Results Mixed | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

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