* As Allied war planes battered Iraq for the 20th day today, President Bush said he was sending his defense secretary and top military man to assess the war effort.
* The USS Missouri's 18-inch guns boomed again overnight, silencing a troublesome Iraqi artillery battery in Kuwait.
* Syrian and Iraqi forces exchanged fire near the Saudi border, in the first reported combat by Syria in the Persian Gulf.
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