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Article: The tap heard around the world; War may be launched via a keyboard in Qatar.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 15, 2003
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Byline: Kevin Diaz; Staff Writer
Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar -- The first sound of the coming war may be the tapping of a keyboard.
In a long, narrow room crammed with video monitors and laptop computers, U.S.-led forces will appear on plasma screens in blue and green. The Iraqis will be colored red.
Their movements will be followed on banks of computer terminals connected by fiber-optic cables and satellites to battlefield communications sites. A special e-mail system will be the primary means of communication.
This is the nerve center of U.S. Central Command's forward headquarters near Doha, Qatar, just beyond the reach of Saddam ...
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