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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...course, when you get to that point, you really don't need a popular revolt. A Shia uprising was supposed to wipe out the Baath Party and destroy any paramilitary cadres along the line of the coalition advance. American forces accomplished both of these missions. Still, the Afghanistan model called for a popular revolt, and in An Najaf last week Special Ops soldiers set out to recruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Are Making Our First Wrong Turn In Iraq | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

Today, the outcome of the war in Iraq is certain: Coalition forces will eventually destroy Saddam Hussein’s regime, wipe out Iraqi Baathism for good and liberate the country. It will be a “total” victory in every sense of the word. But even though the outcome is certain, the path to that outcome is still uncertain. The coming days may yet bring more U.S. and British casualties, particularly as Coalition forces enter Baghdad, and undoubtedly some civilians will be killed as well. Despite such tragedies, we must remember, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: Our Very Best | 4/2/2003 | See Source »

...backseat of president John F. Kennedy's limousine was a leather pit of horror, flecked with bits of flesh and a crust of drying blood that a grim young Secret Service agent was trying to wipe up with a sponge. He seemed hesitant, cowed by the task. On the front seat of the Lincoln lay the crushed red roses that Jackie Kennedy had been carrying. It was a certain and brutal end to a great national drama, but none of the people milling around on the driveway of Parkland Hospital that day wanted to allow the curtain to fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nov. 22, 1963 | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...look at the dry-wipe board in the Bright Hockey Center press box told you where the Harvard men’s hockey team stood in its quest to make a second straight NCAA tournament appearance...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Scoreboard Watching | 3/18/2003 | See Source »

Winning handily, Cole stopped on two separate occasions to tear off his cap and wipe his goggles clean...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Swimming Reclaims Eastern Title Over Tigers | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

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