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POROUS BORDER The 506-mile (814-km) border with Iraq is a largely uninhabited, vast stretch of open desert. The Saudis say those attempting to cross could easily be spotted by patrols
The Qataris are unrepentant. "We're not pioneers on this; we followed the I.A.A.F. rules," says Dahlan Al-Hamad, president of the Qatar Athletic Federation. Though their athletes have been integrated for longer, host France's team includes many foreign-born and naturalized stars, such as long-jump gold medalist...
Just past 11 p.m., Russell's phone rang. The informant had spotted the target; the operation was a go. "I wanna get this bastard who's been attacking my men," Russell said as the convoy pulled out and headed to a flophouse in town where the Fedayeen commander was lodging...
The biggest surprise in a candid-camera survey of what takes U.S. drivers' minds off the road was what didn't. Cell phones, the favorite target of legislators and late-night comedians, ranked relatively low on the list of distractions captured by Minicams in a weeklong survey for the American...
Any of the various U.S. military units stationed in Iraq would be thrilled to be part of the hunt for Saddam. And they could be at any time, should intelligence point to his presence in areas they patrol. The two outfits that have most aggressively pursued Saddam in recent weeks...