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Motivation. In the final analysis, the outcome could turn on the motivation of individual soldiers, and on this count, the U.S. (and some of its allies) enjoys a decided advantage. Early concerns about troop morale have faded. Without alcohol and other diversions, these troops just may be the toughest ever. "Saddam might yet regret having given us time to get ready," said Sergeant First Class Donna Munyon, 33, of McHenry...
...protest to Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney. So did editors of the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, TIME and the Associated Press, while the New York Times issued a similar statement. The network presidents charged that the rules "go far beyond what is required to protect troop safety and mission security . . . and raise the specter of government censorship of a free press." The A.P. protested a ban on reporting "details of major battle damage or major personnel losses" until announced by the Pentagon. "You could drive an Army half-track through this provision," said A.P.'s Washington...
BATTLEFIELD HISTORIANS. Military History Detachments from all the services have been sent to the gulf to collect and preserve maps and other documents that will eventually become the official history of Desert Shield for the National Archives. Also on deck: service members with artistic talent to do sketches documenting troop life in the sand...
Inside the legislative chamber, however, the republic's leadership was anything but solid. The troop arrivals coincided with the republic's worst internal political crisis since Vilnius declared its independence last March. Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene's government resigned after the parliament voted to rescind hefty food-price increases imposed just a day before. The economic reform drew outraged protests from Lithuania's Russians. Prunskiene, , a moderate widely admired for her ability to cool tensions with Moscow, also came under fire from ardent Lithuanian nationalists who consider her too soft on the Kremlin. The result, as liberals...
After a briefing with the British Prime Minister on gulf troop deployments, the RAF wing commander visited a used-car showroom. As he browsed, secret documents and a laptop computer were stolen from his parked car. The papers were recovered, but the laptop is still missing...