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Flashbacks: pre-Iraq war jitters, that damn smoking ban, and the growing clout of the local Hispanic community

RAIN ON THEIR PARADE 5 years ago February 21, 2003| Seth Gitell wondered if the imminent invasion of Iraq could turn into a quagmire of urban combat like the 1993 debacle in Mogadishu, Somalia. “There are scores of optimists (mainly in the Pentagon) who...