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...messier than advertised. A 2,000-lb. bomb steered by a JDAM guidance device may rarely miss its mark by more than 13 ft.--the length of the steering system and the explosive--but when the bomb blows, it sends high-speed shrapnel flying as far as a mile. There may be a lot of uncounted innocents in such a big footprint...
...meantime, he and others could savor what had just happened--after 20 days, a 350-mile charge to Baghdad, 32,000 combat missions, 20,000 bombs--and what had not yet occurred. The country's major cities fell without the weeks of grinding door-to-door fighting that many had feared. Fewer than 120 U.S. soldiers perished, a figure at the low end of the most hopeful forecasts. Iraq's bridges and dams and essential infrastructure survived. While no arsenal of chemical and biological weapons had yet been found, those arms had also not been used--on U.S. forces...
...past 24 hours, the frontline British checkpoint has advanced to about a mile inside Basra's southern border. Standing behind several Challenger II tanks and a Warrior APC are Captain James Moulton and soldiers of his company of Irish Guards. They check those coming down the road for weapons and then hand them leaflets promising that this time, the coalition forces will stay as long as it takes--and asking for assistance in pinpointing the enemy. "Now they are getting more used to us Brits being around," says Moulton. "A lot more people are offering information about the situation inside...
...council’s movie showings this weekend expand on its successes earlier this semester when it showed Catch Me If You Can and 8 Mile...
...originally on the Crimson’s schedule, but was added after the Dartmouth meet on April 5 was cancelled due to snow. The Brown Invitational marked Harvard’s first outdoor meet this season. Due to rainy morning weather, all jumps were held indoors a half-mile away from the other events...