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BAGHDAD, Iraq — An uptick in airstrikes and other military moves point to an imminent showdown between U.S. forces and Sunni Muslim insurgents west of Baghdad—a decisive battle that could determine whether the campaign to bring democracy and stability to Iraq can succeed.
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American officials have not confirmed a major assault is near against the insurgent bastions of Fallujah and neighboring Ramadi. But Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has warned Fallujah leaders that force will be used if they do not hand over extremists, including terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
A similar escalation in U.S. military actions and Iraqi government warnings occurred before a major offensive in Najaf forced militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to give up that holy city in late August. And U.S. and Iraqi troops retook Samarra from insurgents early this month.
Now U.S. airstrikes on purported al-Zarqawi positions in three neighborhoods of eastern and northern Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, have increased. And residents reported this week that Marines appeared to be reinforcing forward positions near key areas of the city. Other military units are on the
move, including 800 British soldiers headed north to the U.S.-controlled zone.
The goal of an attack would be to restore government control in time for national elections by the end of January. However, an all-out assault on the scale of April's siege of Fallujah would carry enormous risk — both political and military — for the Americans and their Iraqi allies.
A videotape obtained Tuesday by Associated Press Television News featured a warning by masked gunmen that if Fallujah is subjected to an all-out assault, they will strike "with weapons and military tactics" that the Americans and their allies "have not experienced before."
Regardless of whether the threat was an empty boast, insurgents elsewhere in Iraq could be expected to step up attacks to try to relieve pressure on fighters in the Fallujah and Ramadi areas.
But the main problem an assault would pose for both the U.S. military and Allaw's government is political, such as a widespread public backlash. A nationwide association of Sunni clerics also has threatened to urge a boycott of the January elections if U.S. forces storm Fallujah.
U. S. and Iraqi officials hope the Iraqi people are so fed up with suicide attacks, assassinations and kidnappings that they will acquiesce to the use of force.
Americans heavier, taller than ever before
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WASHINGTON Americans are getting a little taller and a lot fatter.
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Adults are roughly an inch taller than they were in the early 1960s, on average, and nearly 25 pounds heavier, the government reported yesterday.
The nation's expanding waistline has been well documented, though yesterday's report is the first to quantify it based on how many pounds the average person is carving.
The reasons are no surprise: more fast food, more television and less walking around the neighborhood, to name a few. Earlier this year, researchers reported that obesity fueled by poor diet and lack of activity threatens to overtake tobacco use as the leading preventable cause of death.
In 1960-62, the average man weighed 166.3 pounds. By 1999-2002, the average had reached 191 pounds, according to the
National Center for Health Statistics — part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which issued the report. Similarly, the report stated, the average woman's weight rose from 140.2 pounds to 164.3 pounds.
The trends are the same for children, the report said: Average 10-year-olds weighed about 11 pounds more in 1999-2002 than they did 40 years ago. So expect the next generation of adults to be even heavier than they are today, said Samuel Klein, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
"All the kids who are obese now will become obese adults," Klein said. "What will happen with the next generation of adults is really scary."
Obesity can increase the likelihood of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other health problems.
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A WEIGHTY ISSUE
On average, American adults are about an inch taller and nearly 25 pounds heavier than they were in the early 1960s, the government reported yesterday.
BY THE NUMBERS
Average man in 1960s: 5 feet 8 inches and 166.3 pounds.
Average man 1999-2002: 5 feet 9 1/2 inches, 191 pounds.
Average woman in 1960s: just over 5 feet 3 inches and 10.2 pounds.
Average woman 1999-2002: 5 feet 4 inches, 164.3 pounds.
THE IMPACT. Obesity can increase the likelihood of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and other health problems.
an increase in weight when measured by body mass index, a scale that takes into account both height and weight. Average BMI for adults, ages 20 to 74, has increased from about 25 to 28 during the 40-year span.
Anyone with a BMI of 25 and up is considered overweight, and those with BMIs of 30 or more
At same time, though much less dramatically, Americans are getting a little bit taller.
are considered obese.
Men's average height increased from 5 feet 8 inches in the early 1960s to 5 feet 9 1/2 inches in 1999-2002.
The average height of a woman went from just over 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches.
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