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...they are fighting one now. Their assessments largely accord with those of U.S. military intelligence: that while rival death squads roam unchecked, for now civil war is in no one's interest but al-Zarqawi's. Militants on both sides say U.S. forces remain a bigger enemy than their countrymen. "The elements for civil war are all there," says a senior U.S. military-intelligence officer, "but this society is complex, and it still hasn't generated self-sustaining sectarian strife...
...Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko continues his brutal crackdown against protesters opposed to his internationally condemned fraudulent election victory, Europe's last dictator seems to some observers to be running scared; he only showed his face to his countrymen on Tuesday, and has already postponed his previously planned inauguration this coming Friday. But if Lukashenko is indeed feeling increasingly painted into a corner, perhaps he can take comfort from recent elections in nearby Ukraine, where at least one-third of the electorate retain strong support for the same post-Soviet Moscow-favored autocratic leader the voters rejected just 16 months...
...feeling of loss was shared by all Iraqis, who struggled to make sense of what their countrymen had wrought. Although the violence of last week may have been sparked by a single act of provocation, it came in the context of a history of Shi'ite-Sunni enmity. The roots of the sectarian divide lie in a schism that arose shortly after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. Under Saddam, communal hostilities in Iraq were suppressed, their very existence denied. Beneath the surface, though, relations between the two sects have always been tainted by prejudice...
...pretty good insight into the immigration issue [Feb. 6]. It took me seven years to get a resident visa, and I am a college-trained interpreter. In my heart, there is always the dream of going back home. If a guest-worker program were in place, my fellow countrymen and I could go back to Mexico every so often, reaffirming our roots, and not remain indefinitely in the U.S. Since there is no such program in place, we have only one choice: to stay as long as we can and save as much money as possible, while our roots back...
...globalize," says Leconte, "unless the Americans decide to remake them." Les Bronzés in particular, Jugnot adds, is an inside joke "about how we French are ugly, mean and cheap." That's a good reason why Les Bronzés will probably remain pop heroes only their countrymen can love...