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...improvised explosive devices are responsible for the overwhelming majority of the 2,800-plus U.S. deaths in Iraq. And the Sunnis have friends. The U.S. has long accused Syria of harboring both Iraqi Baathists and jihadis of various nationalities who infiltrate Iraq to make mischief. And Iraqi officials routinely claim that the insurgency receives money and men from extremist organizations in neighboring Sunni-majority countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan...
...response to that claim, Corcoran asked Colbert why he chose to make the character a vigorous political conservative, and not a liberal or a moderate...
...group of other seniors to form “Vote or Die,” the initiative to increase diversity on the Undergraduate Council (UC) and collaboration with student groups. Amadi made sure that the initiative itself did not die, and two years later, Vote or Die can claim a phenomenal success once unimaginable: one-fourth of the UC identifies as black—up from four percent...
What comes after that? Tim and Alex certainly don’t claim to know for sure. But it is unlikely to be worse than the charade of representative student government that we have now. Voter turnout was about 43 percent in this September’s UC representative elections. If the 57 percent of you who didn’t think that the UC was worth your time still feels the same way, this is the moment to let those on the UC know. The Hwang/Wong ticket puts the weapon in your hands. By voting for them, you have...
...suffering inflicted by the Israeli bombing campaign, and the fact that Hizballah's fighting forces emerged intact to claim a "Divine Victory" left Siniora's government - and all Lebanese moderates associated with the U.S. - politically vulnerable. In negotiating a cease-fire, Siniora signed off on a U.S.-sponsored Security Council Resolution requiring the disarmament of Hizballah. That agreement may turn out to be the downfall of the Siniora government...