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...inflicted on Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib. Over the course of Graner’s trial, the prison guard painted a macabre picture of superiors’ instructing their subordinates to torture prisoners in violation of international law, of “ghost detainees being held without documentation to avoid their being examined by the International Red Cross, and of Army Rules of Engagement that instructed guards to follow a frightening escalating sequence of coercive tactics in their dealing with prisoners: ‘Shout, Shove, Show [a weapon], Shoot.’” Perhaps as frightening...
...depends on two things - holding together a coalition that has its own significant internal fissures, and creating an effective alliance with other parties to give it the two thirds majority of Assembly votes needed to choose the next Iraqi leadership. The UIA is a big tent created precisely to avoid splitting the Shiite vote. But the very diversity of opinion it embraces, from such large traditional Shiite parties as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and the Dawa party to wild card elements such as former Pentagon favorite Ahmed Chalabi and supporters of radical firebrand Moqtada Sadr...
...more than 7,000 brave souls who have put their names forward as candidates have, nonetheless, kept that fact a secret. Britain's Telegraph reports that leaders of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq have warned their party's candidates to keep their identity secret, avoid public places and stay home as much as possible...
...Iraqi interim governments are committed to providing security to voters going the polls. The U.S. had hoped to keep its own troops away from the polling stations, both to avoid making them targets and because their presence there would cast an unwelcome American shadow over the proceedings in the eyes of many Iraqi voters. Iraqi security forces will provide immediate security around most polling stations, with U.S. forces in reserve to deal with any contingencies. The government has adopted draconian measures to create a secure environment, including curfews and banning all unauthorized vehicles from the roads in order to deny...
...would wager that most Harvard students—many of whom actively avoid classes that start before 11:00 a.m. or meet regularly on Fridays—don’t remember, think or write as effectively in the morning as they do later on in the day. It’s not merely an inconvenience for late-nighters—as the squinty-eyed superiority complex of the early risers would undoubtedly claim. Morning people get a big advantage over the rest of us when it comes to final exams, which often determine student grades. There?...