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...battlefield. But fierce resistance by dispersed enemy forces, the growing possibility of a bloody and protracted battle for Baghdad, and the mounting hostility towards the U.S. action in the Arab and Muslim world all increase the perils of a post-Saddam nation-building mission. The post-war scenario looms large on the agenda of President Bush and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday: The U.S. has planned, until now, to take direct control over a post-war Iraq, but Blair insists that political authority should be immediately transferred to a UN-authorized body. The British leader will...
...planned all along on forcing the coalition to fight a bloody battle for Baghdad, believing that the spectacle of mass civilian deaths and significant military casualties on the coalition side would raise political pressure on President Bush to accept something short of complete victory. As implausible as that scenario may be, it may be shaping the Iraq battle plan. Saddam's priorities in the first days of the U.S.-led attack were to physically survive "decapitation" strikes; maintain the cohesion of his core fighting forces and his ability to command them; and to be able to demonstrate that Iraqi forces...
That’s because it’s gone 0-6-1 this season against tournament teams, and made its way into the NCAAs thanks to a combination of an expanded 16-team tournament, strong play against ECAC teams and an almost-perfect scenario coming out of the CCHA, Hockey East and WCHA tournaments that knocked other contending teams out of consideration for at-large bids...
...losses on the U.S. side as American technological superiority is partially blunted by the built environment. He may see his best hope lies in forcing the invaders into a fight for the capital. If Saddam's survival concept is based on the political effects of a Baghdad-as-Stalingrad scenario, that may prompt him, at least initially, to keep any chemical and biological munitions tethered and gird for a defense of the capital. But in order to inspire even loyal forces to defend Baghdad and other key cities, Saddam's priority would be to avoid collapse in the face...
...It’s a temporary thing and can be changed through some legitimate process,” Eddleston said. “But I didn’t feel like that was the most likely scenario...