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Shoulder-fired missiles are available all over the world, but at the moment the Middle East is a virtual Wal-Mart. By most estimates, Saddam Hussein had a hidden collection of more than 1,000 shoulder-fired missiles before the war, and, says Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the coalition ground forces in Iraq, "there's by no means any sense of comfort on my part that we have identified and secured everything that was out there." The Pentagon is so concerned that it is offering $500 for every shoulder-fired missile Iraqis turn over to authorities...
...people were killed and more than 50 injured in a car bombing of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad--the deadliest incident of any kind since the fall of Saddam's regime. Though senior intelligence officials say they don't yet know who was behind the blast, Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of allied forces in Iraq, declared it the work of terrorists. A senior intelligence official tells TIME that among the suspects is Ansar al-Islam, a group of Islamist fighters--Iraqi Kurds and Arabs--with suspected links to al-Qaeda. "They could be among those possibly involved," the official...
...second threat to U.S. forces comes from volunteer fighters crossing into Iraq from Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia. "For those terrorist groups that have clearly stated they are going to conduct operations against the U.S., this is the place to come," said Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq. Their entry is hard to prevent...
...suicide bomber, as was used by the terrorists of Ansar al Islam in northern Iraq earlier this year, could be the next step in the campaign against U.S. forces. "I think that what this shows is we've got some terrorists operating here, " says Coalition commander Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. "It shows that we're still in a conflict zone...
...says Hassanin Mohammed, 23, who runs a tiny store that sells fans in the Karrada district of Baghdad. "Most people around here don't believe they're dead." But the ferocity of the resistance mounted inside the mansion suggested that the brothers had no interest in giving up. Sanchez said the option of pressing harder for a surrender was considered and rejected by commanders on the spot, without intervention from senior officials at Central Command or in Washington. "You could say we should have got them alive," says Russell. "But this way it's clean. There's a finality...