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...brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division planned to halt west of Najaf, about 100 miles south of Baghdad; it also planned on facing some resistance from local irregulars. What it didn't expect was a rush-hour-like Iraqi attack, the road dense with enemy trucks bearing down on the brigade. "My headquarters had just rolled into the objective area when 10 pickup trucks loaded with men firing machine guns and RPG-7s came racing down the road," recalls Colonel David Perkins, commander of the 2nd Brigade. "My lead tanks blew up the first three vehicles, but the rest kept...
...next rush-hour attack came right after dark the next day, but by this time the 2nd Brigade had set up "toll-booths"-heavy armor-on the roads leading from Najaf. "They attacked like morons," says Perkins. "But they kept coming." In one area guarded by two Bradleys, several hundred Iraqis were killed, according to the local battalion headquarters...
...second-place finish in both the ECAC Tournament and the regular season. The Crimson’s hopes of a repeat of last year’s ECAC title ended in overtime late Saturday night when Cornell forward Sam Paolini scored the game-winning goal off an odd-man rush toward the Harvard...
...straight, adding 2.6 million weekly listeners, and it has gained 270,000 more listeners since then. Its two big news shows--Morning Edition and All Things Considered--have a combined weekly listenership of 15.7 million, making them the U.S.'s No. 2 and No. 3 programs, after conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh's show. Even Newt Gingrich, who wanted to dismantle NPR when he was a conservative leader in Congress, today says he's a fan and contributor. "Either it is a lot less on the left, or I have mellowed," he said in a recent speech...
...website. NPR has also been criticized as being biased against President Bush's policy toward war with Iraq. The network says it fairly presents a wide range of views. Griping may reflect a polarizing radio audience, with listeners flocking to one end of the spectrum or the other. "Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage are shouting, while NPR has positioned itself as the opposite, with carefully modulated voices," says David Schutz, an industry consultant in San Diego...