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...rhetorical purposes because most Americans hold the 1st Amendment dear. Free speech is a juridical term that refers to an individual’s right to express himself without fear of criminal punishment. To clarify, I’m fairly sure Summers didn’t want to arrest Paulin. In any case, free speech was the ostensible basis for an op-ed The Crimson published that month written by none other than one of the Psychology Department’s most vocal divestment supporters. Once I spotted the article and noted its authorship, I read further. Citing Summers?...
...world watched Iraqis celebrating their liberation from an especially vicious tyrant last week, another tyrant took the opportunity to culminate a brutal crackdown on dissidents. The recent wave of suppression carried out by Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba has led to the arrest of some 75 individuals, among them journalists, human rights activists and economists. They have been given, on average, 20-year prison sentences. Secretary of State Colin Powell calls it “the most significant act of political repression in decades...
...couple of miles from the courthouse, students and faculty at the Davis Center continued to express shock at the arrest of their classmate and waited hopefully for a logical explanation...
...euphoria was almost lost over the mosque incident. It began when the local imam, who had spent 20 years under house arrest until the city fell and his captors fled, asked American soldiers to protect him and the mosque. He neglected to explain this, however, to the crowds outside. As the soldiers of Bravo Company of the 2nd Battalion, who had formed a tight perimeter on the street, began heading toward the mosque, citizens started shouting and moving forward. With rabble rousers (later identified by Iraqis as Baath Party members) shouting, "The Americans are storming the mosque," the crowd began...
Tahsin, 26, a laborer, has just left the city by foot after the arrest of his brother, whom he saw militiamen beat down with the butts of their guns. Working off his fear, Tahsin says vehemently, "They are shooting people who are saying anything against them, and you don't know who they are because they are all dressed like civilians." He says the Baath Party members and militia fighters use civilians' houses as refuges. And some have mounted mortars on the backs of pickups that can move quickly after firing. The British are wary about returning fire into civilian...