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...believe is linked to al-Qaeda. "There are three or four isolated pockets of Ansar on very high ground. We're closing in on them from everywhere we can," says an American commando named Mark, who declined to give his rank or surname. All Saturday afternoon the Ansar fighters rain down sniper and machine-gun fire from a craggy peak high above the Americans. From the flat plains about two miles below, pro-American Kurds return artillery fire...
...family when he embarked for Kuwait. He and his wife have two daughters, the younger one born just a week before he left. Now he is embedded with the 3rd Brigade of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division as it heads north through a mixture of sandstorms and rain that sometimes leaves his cameras caked with a cement-like coating that he has to chip away bit by bit. "Most of these soldiers have never seen combat," says Morris, who has covered many wars in his 20-year career. "But that will change quickly as they come under fire...
Still, Walsh was prepared to trot out arm after arm, having limited senior Brendan Reed and freshman Wes Cosgriff in Wednesday’s rain-shortened 3-0 loss to Rhode Island to keep each fresh for possible use yesterday. Walsh also notified Cosgriff he would be the first to relieve Self...
...first day of competition brought rain and temperatures just above freezing, a far cry from the team’s spring break trip to California, where the golfers played on a few of the top courses in the nation...
...stole the spotlight last Sunday at T.T. the Bear’s Place in Central Square, even outshining headliners Aberdeen with their peppy, no-frills indie rock. The music comes off as a labor of love created for the sole purpose of having a hell of a good time. Rain that night had kept the crowd small, but when the Thermals erupted onstage with the infectious “No Culture Icons,” they sparked the room with an intense and playful swagger that lasted the entire...