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...factor in was the strong opposition of Turkey's mainly Muslim population and an election bringing Islamic leaders to power. But when the parliament in Ankara refused at the 11th hour, Bush made the decision to launch the war anyway. The Pentagon officially discounted the need for an immediate northern front. They were more wary about giving Saddam extra time to ready his defenses...
...remain high of "the equivalent of a truck bomb at sea," a senior U.S. Navy official confirmed to Time. "Basically, look at a map, and anywhere you see the word strait is a point of concern." - By Jeff Israely Ansar Loses Twice ITALY Police arrested six men in three northern Italian cities on charges of running operations for Ansar al-Islam, a terrorist group based in northeastern Iraq with suspected links to a-Qaeda. Ansar forces in Iraq were also routed last week in fighting with coalition-backed Kurdish troops. Italian authorities charged two Kurds from northern Iraq, two Tunisians...
LAWLESS HEART. Friends and family converge on a small town in northern England for a funeral in Lawless Heart. Stuart, the deceased, was a young gay man who leaves behind a healthy bank account and successful restaurant when he drowns off the Isle of Man. Nick, his partner, and Dan, his brother-in-law, immediately begin competing over the restaurant. Both are sidetracked by unexpected relationships: Nick with his first woman, and Dan with an inappropriately frisky female guest at Stuart’s funeral. The film’s structure is initially somewhat confusing-it revisits the funeral...
Before arriving in San Diego, the Crimson played in northern California, competing at Stanford and finishing an earlier match with Fresno State...
...constant radio barrages has not been as successful as the coalition would have liked. And though he admitted that POWs and locals had not made reference in interviews by coalition forces to the West's abandonment of the anti-Saddam forces in 1991, this senior officer, who was in Northern Iraq in 1991, thinks it has played a huge role in keeping the population from quickly supporting the coalition. "What we didn't do is coming back to haunt us," he said bluntly...