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...just begs more questions. Most military analysts assume that to be sure of success, a second Gulf War would have to be fought like the first. That is, the U.S. (and any allies it might rope in) would spend months assembling, say, 500,000 troops on the ground, launch massive air strikes, and then march on Baghdad. But that strategy--so successful in 1991--would be more tricky a second time. For one thing, Iraq would not give the U.S. the luxury of a leisurely build up. But much more important, Saddam knows that the objective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thinking About Saddam | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...provide a psychological and material boost for the Taliban, which will use the winter months to regroup. But the U.S. never had much choice. Even if the military had begun mobilizing to fight a ground war on Sept. 12, it's doubtful that it would have been ready to launch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: The War Escalates | 11/4/2001 | See Source »

...that has been acted upon in the past. Egypt, a member of America’s “anti-terror” coalition, and Syria, a U.S. ally during the Persian Gulf War 10 years ago, chose Yom Kippur 1973 as the appropriate day on which to launch an extensive combined assault on Israel’s northern and southern borders. Warring Muslim nations have not traditionally established ceasefires during their own holy month either. In the nearly decade-long war between Iran and Iraq, fighting occurred without pause during Ramadan each year...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Persevere Through Ramadan | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...Kiala has delivered 50,000 parcels in Belgium since its launch in July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Denis Payre | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...those rules if they wish to listen to the music files. The record labels are now setting up competing download sites—Pressplay and Musicnet—which will each have some implementation of DRM technology, even if they may be nothing more than simple subscription services at launch...

Author: By Alex F. Rubalcava, | Title: Steal This Column! | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

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