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Ceremony honors eight Americans

Members of the U.S Army's 10th Mountain Division, who were wounded in Afghanistan, are awarded Purple Hearts on Saturday.

SUMMARY:

Eight soldiers wounded in the early fighting of Operation Anaconda are heroes, the U.S. commander of the coalition mission in Afghanistan said Saturday as he pinned Purple Hearts on their desert-camouflage uniforms.

Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Saturday to meet with Crown Prince Abdullah, who was expected to once again discourage any possible U.S. military action against Iraq.

U.S. President Bush said the United States has provided millions of textbooks in the Afghan languages of Pashto and Dari, and has plans to distribute millions more by the end of the year. "These textbooks will teach tolerance and respect for human dignity, instead of indoctrinating students with fanaticism and bigotry," he said. (Full story)

UPDATE:

As the members of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division were honored, their comrades were meeting some pockets of resistance from al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the rugged mountains above the Shah-e-kot Valley where they have been systematically eradicating the enemy.

The men honored Saturday were wounded March 2 during a fierce fight with Taliban and al Qaeda forces, said Maj. Gen. Frank L. Hagenbeck, commander of the coalition joint task force in Afghanistan.

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Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah said Friday that any effort to overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would only raise animosity in the region against the United States.

The United States has promised a diplomatic confrontation with Iraq, which has prevented U.N. weapons inspectors from returning to certify the country has no weapons of mass destruction.

KEY QUESTIONS:

Will the war on terror result in nuclear weapons proliferation?

Does Operation Anaconda represent al Qaeda's final stand?

Will the United States need to send more troops to Afghanistan?

WHO'S WHO:

Osama bin Laden: Saudi Arabian-born leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network who is accused of masterminding the September 11 strikes on the United States.

George W. Bush: U.S. president