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...With the prospect of war drawing closer, U.S. soldiers and Marines are concentrating on the basics--eating, sleeping, training. But even the training seems to be winding down. Like athletes resting before a big game, many of the troops have eased off their intense schedules. They spend their time checking and rechecking equipment, packing and repacking bags and contemplating the coming firestorm. "They want to know that they've made peace with their Maker," says Marine Lieut. Colonel Bryan P. McCoy. "And that their families are taken care of in case anything happens--and they've already asked for forgiveness...
While the prospect of a future democratic government in Iraq embracing terrorist groups may seem far-fetched, a look at what happened in Turkey last weekend should give the Bush administration pause about hastily deposing Saddam Hussein. Working with foreign democracies has not always proved to be the bargain that we had anticipated...
...great pleasure and a privilege for me to play under Coach Turner,” said senior tackle Jamil Soriano, now an NFL prospect. “Personally, I can attribute most of my success on the football field to his coaching...
...prime-time press conference last week. His eyes lighted up when he was asked if he would call for another U.N. vote on Iraq. A poker metaphor escaped from his Inner Cowboy. "It's time for people to show their cards," he said, as if he actually enjoyed the prospect of a confrontation with France, Russia and the others. The tactic was unexpected; the belligerence, revealing. The President is ticked off, but he is confident, and he is calling France's bluff. Win or lose in the Security Council, he will prove America's power or the U.N.'s irrelevance...
...record of terrorist attacks on civilians in urban areas. Sources tell Time that shortly after the beginning of the army offensive in February, Muklis, in hiding in Lanao del Sur province, was contacted by SOG personnel to plan retaliatory strikes. If this is true, it's an ominous prospect for the Philippines...