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War on Iraq Begins
Casey Creel
News Editor
President Bush gave war in
Iraq its most important go-ahead
Wednesday night, and American
military in Kuwait, the Red Sea,
and the Persian Gulf began its
attacks soon after.
The initial assault consisted
mostly of cruise missiles
launched by sea and aircraft
aimed at three "leadership tar
gets," intended to kill Saddam
Hussein at the onset of the war
and leave the country's military
without its commander.
At press time Thursday
morning, Hussein was not be
lieved to have been hit, and no
order had been given to ground
troops sending them into battle.
The U.S. began only the most
preliminary assault of its full in
tended war campaign. The much
spoken-of "Shock and Awe" plan
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A group of pro-war students protests the peace vigil
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-to drop 3,000
bombs and
missiles in the
first 48 hours
alone, 10 times
more than the
number of
weapons fired
in that time
frame in the
1991 Gulf War
had not yet
been enacted
Thursday
morning.
The goal of
that plan, and
the plan to kill
Hussein and
topple his com
mand early
on, is to deliver
a "knockout
punch" that
eliminates the
Students and others gathered Wednesday night for an anti-war vigil
Sarah Sherman
chance of a prolonged war and
establishes a swift American vic
tory, which Bush promised in a
speech Wednesday night.
"These are opening stages
of what will be a broad and con
certed campaign," Bush said.
The U.S. has also begun a
major psychological campaign in
Iraq, instructing Iraqi soldiers
how to surrender and avoid be
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Volume 89, Issue 18
ing attacked. The military deliv
ered messages via Kuwaiti radio,
an airborne radio station, and
leaflets dropped over the coun
try.
Earlier Wednesday, 17 Iraqi
soldiers surrendered themselves
before the war began, and are
now under the control of Kuwaiti
See IRAQ, page 4
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