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...nicknamed "Seek and Destroy," had to get within striking range, past Iraqi air defenses that remained potent. F-16 fighter jets and an EA-6B jamming plane made sure that no Iraqi missiles would get a good shot at the Baghdad-bound B-1. The crew never saw their target; the cloud cover below stretched for miles. But satellites were the real eyes of the mission. For this strike, U.S. Central Command called for two 2,000-lb. smart bombs known as JDAMs, then doubled the order. A JDAM, once loaded with coordinates, is guided to its kill by global...
...approached the target, its computers calculated the release point and dropped two penetrating JDAMs, which detonated a split second after hitting the ground, enough time to drive deeply into any underground bunkers. A pair of standard JDAMs followed three seconds later. Just 45 minutes had elapsed from the Saddam sighting to the bombing. During that time, Saddam was not seen leaving the premises, though U.S. officials acknowledge he could have departed via an underground tunnel...
...once the government buildings had been stripped, the more insatiable looters sought out any target of opportunity. The National Museum was stripped of tens of thousands of artifacts from the cradle of civilization. Hospitals, colleges, markets, deserted air-conditioning factories were overrun by frantic thieves who cleaned them bare and then set them on fire. By night, there were more plumes of black smoke rising over Baghdad than at any time during the war. "We asked the Americans to stop this," said Mohammed, a former civil servant, "but they say they have no orders to do so. Saddam...
...catch up on the green. I'm zenning over my putt when Sawat surprises me by picking up the ball. She lines up the putt then draws an imaginary arc where I'm supposed to roll it. "Left to right," she says, pulling the flag to pinpoint the target five feet left of the hole. "Downhill putt...
...violated.” Yet the FBI now enjoys expanded power to search private homes and download information from a computer without notifying the occupant. The FBI can also demand access to personal records held by a third party, such as a University, without showing reasonable suspicion that the target individual was involved with a crime. These changes apply to all criminal investigations; they are not limited to cases of suspected terrorism...