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...show Iraqis fraternizing with Australian troops-potentially jeopardizing the locals' safety. Others show soldiers exposing themselves and wielding pistols in apparent breach of safety protocols. In one image, a soldier points a pistol at the head of a kneeling man, possibly another Australian soldier, dressed in Arab robes and headdress. A former Military Police officer who reviewed the videos for Time described their content as not only disgusting but in breach of military procedure and operational security. "To post that kind of stuff on the Internet is quite derogatory to the uniform,'' says the man, who asked...
...they would kill their captive by Jan. 20. On Jan. 26, the U.S. military released five women, but said it was a planned release and was unrelated to Carroll's plight. Four days later, another wrenching tape of Carroll appeared, in which she was weeping and wearing the Islamic headdress called a hijab. She called for the release of women prisoners...
...stepped out of Berry’s white limo.Berry, dressed less flamboyantly in a long fur-lined brown coat and a simple white top-and-jeans ensemble, paraded with Dodd and Pudding President John P. Blickstead ’06 in an azure Bentley. Berry, who bore a red headdress provided by the Pudding, set a lighthearted mood when she entered the theater by dancing to the band’s music. Dodd and Blickstead roasted the actress. Parodying Berry’s “emotional, gracious, and extensive” Oscar acceptance speech, Blickstead presented Dodd with...
...gaping divide that still exists between the West and much of the Islamic world. In a show of solidarity for their journalistic brethren in Denmark, television stations and newspapers in other European countries have shown some or all of the drawings, the most controversial of which portrays Muhammad's headdress transformed into a bomb with a burning fuse. Their intention was to strike a blow for free speech, but by publishing the cartoons, Europe's media outlets were perceived by some Muslims to be willfully ignoring religious sensitivities, which fueled the anger even more. Yet the demands by Muslim leaders...
...world's languages: from a rough total of 6,000 spoken today, linguists fear half will disappear within the next generation; 90% will be gone by the end of this century. And with each tongue that is silenced, every dance that is forgotten, every song and headdress design that slips from tribal memory, we sense that part of humanity's common heritage is lost...