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April 13, 2003 Paratroopers Find Suspicious Warheads and Rocket Parts in KirkukBy C. J. CHIVERS IRKUK, Iraq, April 12 — American paratroopers tonight discovered what they described as suspicious warheads and rocket components outside the former Iraqi governor's office here, a tantalizing but inconclusive find on the first day of a large-scale American presence in the oil capital of northern Iraq. The officers said the warheads appeared to be the lethal ends of surface-to-surface rockets, but they could not immediately determine if they were of a design prohibited by United Nations resolutions, or whether they were built to hold chemical...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, gather 'round for Ye Olde Carnivale of Cordite! * * * First, two exciting things: As those of you able to count can tell, this is Carnival of Cordite #27. That means there have been 26 before now. 26 weeks is exactly (well, really darn close to) half a year. That means we are now entering our second half-year of publication! Whoo hoo! Of course, all the thanks go to you, our readers and contributors. Also: One of the Deans of the law school, a former prosecuting attorney with a specialty in forensics, is...