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...administered death. Still, Kahn isn't sure full disclosure of her case would have changed opinion of her plight. "Public response to her condition and plea for euthanasia was compassionate and emotional," Kahn says. "Hard ethical analysis of whether her own peculiar decisions dealing with her disease undermined her request for death involves rational conclusion. Rarely in our world will the rational win out over the emotional...
...support was requested by Iraqi ground troops that were being attacked by that position," he said. He said that the Americans have carried out four air strikes overall since the offensive began. He also said that, at the request of Iraqi forces, British artillery fired on the al-Halaf district of Basra on Saturday...
...Basra, Colonel Abbas Ahmed, told TIME that Iraqi forces control about 75% of the city and that they have captured "many fighters from the Mahdi Army [Sadr's militia]." Coalition forces are currently providing air and logistical support to Iraqi forces in Basra, but whether or not Iraq would request more substantial ground support in the coming days "would depend on the situation," he confirmed...
...There has been Coalition air presence for four days," said Maj. Tom Holloway, a spokesman for the British military in Basra. He said that the request for air support had come from the Iraqi military, relayed through American and British liaison officers at the scene, and approved by U.S. military officials...
...being pushed by the people who were raising money for him and whose representative was sitting in the third row." (Through a spokesman, McCain says he never expected the amendment to be accepted and only introduced it to "send a message" to the FCC. Alcalde says he did not request the amendment and does not recall attending the hearing...