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spent much of his time studying after transferring
to Texas A&M from Trinity Valley Community
College in Athens two years ago.
Knott’s friend Kristine Bailik, a junior bio
medical sciences major, said Knott worked espe
cially hard at school and would routinely stay up
all night to study.
Bailik said she was sure that despite the time of
the crash and Knotts’ study habits, fatigue was not
a factor in the accident.
“Being tired wasn't a reason. He went to bed
early (Wednesday) because he wanted to get to
school early to work on a paper,” Bailik said.
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Noland said, “and we demand
this act of military aggression be
stopped.”
Noland said America is iso
lating itself from the rest of the
world and will suffer the conse
quences of this for many years
to come.
“The actions and words of
President Bush have caused this
country to be at odds with most
of the world, and we hold our
government accountable and
responsible for the lives of each
and every Iraqi citizen,” Noland
said.
Jeff Graham, president of the
College Republicans, disagrees
and blames Saddam Hussein for
the conflict.
“War is never anybody's first
choice hut Saddam has forced
us into this situation,” said
Graham, a sophomore business
administration major.
Tekleab said this is close to
the last stand protesters are
going to make, but they will
continue to pray and “remember
those who die on all sides with
out discrimination.”
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including some in the elite
Republican Guard, may have
been behind a delayed start to a
planned massive aerial assault.
“We still hope” the Iraqi
leadership can be replaced
‘‘without the full force and
fury of a war,” Rumsfeld said
after meeting with lawmakers
on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Robert Andrews, D-
N.J., said following a House
briefing with Rumsfeld that
“the behavior of those who’ve
not surrendered would suggest
that they might.”
In southern Iraq, white light
glowed in the desert sky, and
the sound of explosions could
be heard from across the
Kuwait-Iraq frontier as the 3rd
Infantry Division unleashed an
artillery barrage. Troops eager
to cross the border into Iraq
cheered — and units were soon
on their way.
The 101 st Airborne
Division rumbled across the
desert in a vast convoy —
trucks, tankers, Humvees and
more rolling along under a
round white moon.
Iraq sent missiles toward
Kuwait in retaliation for the
pre-dawn attack against
Saddam, and American offi
cials said the Iraqis had set fire
to some of their own oil wells.
Protecting the oil-rich Basra
region was one of the
American military’s goals as
Marines and Army special
forces headed into Iraq.
The Iraqi missiles landed
harmlessly in the Kuwaiti
desert. Officials said none of
the Iraqi missiles caused
injuries, and one was intercept
ed by a Patriot missile.
Thousands of American and
British troops donned protec
tive gear, but there was no evi
dence the missiles carried
chemical or biological
weapons.
Prime Minister Tony Blair,
Bush’s staunchest ally in the
war effort, went on television
to tell his country that British
forces were “engaged from air,
land and sea. Their mission: to
remove Saddam Hussein from
power and disarm Iraq of its
weapons of mass destruction,”
he said in the recorded address.
It was the second straight
night that cruise missiles and
bombs penetrated Baghdad.
This time, officials said the
targets included facilities of
the Special Republican Guard
and the Special Security
Organization. The organiza
tion, run by Saddam’s younger
son, Qusai, oversees most
security and intelligence activ
ities in Iraq.
Red and white anti-aircraft
tracers lit the night sky and a
huge plume of smoke rose
from the west bank of the
Tigris River in central
Baghdad.
A senior defense official
with direct knowledge of the
operation said about two dozen
Tomahawk missiles were fired
from two American and two
British submarines, plus one
American surface ship. The
vessels were in the Persian
Gulf and the Red Sea.
But two officials, speaking
on condition of anonymity,
said the night strikes were not
the beginning of the massive
air assault that Pentagon offi
cials have said they plan to
unleash.
In Washington, the Senate
unanimously approved a reso
lution supporting U.S. military
forces, while protesters briefly
blocked one of the Potomac
River bridges carrying traffic
into the capital. Outside the
White House, demonstrators
shouted, “No blood for oil.”
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in the millions of dollars.
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and destroying buildings,
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killing 20 people in all
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mated that 25 homes werefc
aged and five destroyed.
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on land that had been
before then — was one of:
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2-year-old daughter survive;
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room.
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breaking.”
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mobile homes.
Eric Moore’s trailer
blown 100 yards awayi
crashed into a brick house,
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shelter in his mother’s m
solid house across the street
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Lord, but 1 think we’ll be;
safer if we get out of that mot!
home” Moore said.
About 50 people were
at the Mitchell County Hospi
in Camilla for serious
chest injuries, broken boness'
cuts, said hospital spokesi
Rick Ivey. Others were taken
hospitals in Albany
Thomasville.
Gov. Sonny Perdue dt
a state of emergency in M
and Worth counties,
to visit Camilla on
evening.
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