No Rest for Ramadan

BAGHDAD: The Islamic holy month of Ramadan began at dawn Saturday in Iraq, but that doesn't make a bit of difference to the Pentagon. "Bill Cohen's word all along has been that the U.S. wouldn't 'initiate' an attack during Ramadan," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "But they won't stop now before they're finished." That meant a fourth round of air strikes in Baghdad Saturday.

Meanwhile, says Thompson, Iraqi warplanes haven't budged, and ground installations haven't fired a single surface-to-air missile at their assailants. "Saddam knows from eight years ago that whatever he uses, he'll lose," he says. "He seems determined to curl up in a little ball until this is over." That end might come by Sunday. Then again, it might not.