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...Lukman, whose eyelids are outlined with a traditional makeup paste called kohl, a practice favored by some devout male Muslims, blames what he says is the brutality of the police and military for the upsurge of violent attacks by militants. "The Pattani people want to live in peace but Thaksin's government is arrogant. Most atrocities are carried out by the Thai government officials and they put the blame on us. When an attack or bomb blast happens, everyone thinks it's done by the freedom fighters." He adds bitterly: "Why are you reporters not writing about the hundreds...
...officials are running out of patience with the Iraqis' failure to step up. "If you do not defend your beloved country, it will not be saved," Bremer said in an address to the Iraqi public last Friday. And yet some of the blame for the impotence of the Iraqi security and police forces lies with U.S. mismanagement. Military officials say the Pentagon's decision to disband the Iraqi military last May was a disaster, in part because it deprived the new forces of any central command. In its rush to get the Iraqis onto the streets, the U.S. never settled...
...boot JENNIFER HUDSON, a looker with a great voice, over candidates much less favored by the judges. Two other black singers wound up in the bottom three, and theories for the upset ran the gamut from racism to a power outage in the Midwest, Hudson's home. (Our theory: blame Florida.) After he announced the results, Ryan Seacrest looked into the camera and implored the audience to vote for the talent. Right. The American Idol folks are shocked that people would rather see Simon Cowell go to work on some undertalented human target than listen to another slow ballad...
...inappropriate to look for explanations of Jesus' death that blame God. God is not the one who killed him but the one who raised him from the dead. Jesus died because those in power ordered him killed. They could not tolerate someone who challenged the status quo as forcefully and thoroughly as Jesus was capable of doing. (THE REV.) DOUGLAS P. CUNNINGHAM New York City...
...only answer to the violence in Iraq is to speed up the timetable for elections. That would be a way to take the insurgent Iraqis' minds off violent protest and channel their energy into a scramble for votes. Then Iraqis can blame their elected officials if things don't turn out the way they like instead of the U.S. CLAUDIA SCHAEFER Athens...