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Since November 2006, when U.S. forces deployed elsewhere in Iraq, the Baqubah River valley, a string of farming hamlets nestled among dense palm groves northeast of Baghdad, has become the scene of intense violence. Over the weekend, the U.S. military returned in force. TIME'S Mark Kukis went along with the assault on the insurgent-dominated village of Qubah...
...attack on Qubah opened in the hours before dawn March 24 with the sounds of a flotilla of helicopters thundering through the darkness over the river valley outside Baqubah. At about 4 a.m. local time, seven Chinooks, four Blackhawks and two Apache gunships rose as one from Forward Operating Base Warhorse, the main U.S. military base in Baqubah. Moments later, the helicopters descended on Qubah, a village at the northern edge of the river valley used by insurgents as a safe haven...
...Krauthammer made a common error. God doesn't act to kill anyone through disease, natural disaster or any other cause. If he does, we're praying to the wrong One! Philip S. Reinheimer, Penn Valley, California...
While the chateaus of France have long welcomed wine tourists, enoturismo is only just coming of age in northeastern Spain's Rioja Valley. But what a vintage - the winemakers have hired some of the world's top architects to create full-bodied bodegas to impress. Here are a few that are stopping traffic; be sure to arrange visits in advance...
Philip S. Reinheimer, Penn Valley, Calif...