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Shock and Awe, not Aw Shucks…

Nick Gillespie | 3.21.2003 4:13 AM

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Reuters is reporting that the first "shock and awe" campaign is under way:

"Baghdad is burning," said a correspondent for the Al-Jazeera television network. "What more can we say."

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