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...Private first class, U.S. Army. 1st Battalion, 18th Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division...
...military's counterinsurgency strategy. "We're in competition with al-Qaeda," says Lieut. Colonel Dale Kuehl, "for who can protect the Sunnis better." Baghdad's Sunni population is largely confined to a narrow band west of the Tigris, extending from Mansour to the Baghdad airport. Kuehl and his 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment live in the middle of the Sunni stronghold, dug into a former police station. A floor-to-ceiling map of west Baghdad in Kuehl's operations center is marked with palm-size red arrows that show the Sunni population being squeezed top and bottom...
...middle of the room) to return to lower altitudes. First Floor Group Study Area. Most of the 40-year-old Lammy randos that look like they could use a good shit-shave-shower combo don’t venture down here. If you’re on the 1st floor, you’re also more likely to escape the wrath of Lamont’s late-night disciplinarian tag-team who’ll get you for consuming anything but knowledge outside of Lamont cafe. Sayonara, bitches...
...almost literally a 50-50 split of people who love 'em and people who hate 'em," said 1st Lt. Matthew Holtzendorff, 36, who commands a platoon in the neighborhood. "It's a mixed blessing, I guess. You have to ask the question, 'Do I want to stay alive and stay safe or do I want to make money...
...fickle Faculty. Asked whether he thought Bok would have the time or inclination to make such a decision, Petersen expressed veiled optimism. “I think that everything on the timeline is running according to plan,” he says. “Bok has until June 1st until he officially steps down. If he and the Corporation are to make a decision, it will be in the next few weeks.”Yet for all the tweaking of their tactics since the early seventies, calendar activists will have to face the same bureaucratic obstacles as their...