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...impetus for it comes from the fact that after the war in Vietnam, it seemed like the generals at the time, both in and out of the service, had been too quiet. By going along with the escalation of the war, with a policy that was neither pull out nor all-out, their silence had actually been - as written in the book Dereliction of Duty - a failure of responsibility. My guess is the memory of that, which still probably haunts the military, creates an atmosphere now that is a spur to these retired generals to speak their minds...
...full-scale war--for now. In more than a dozen interviews with militia leaders, insurgent commanders and clerics, TIME sought out the men likely to be on the front lines of a full-blown sectarian conflict. What they have to say won't necessarily bolster hopes that Iraq can avoid all-out civil war indefinitely. But few militia members interviewed by TIME believe that 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...
...cannot do all your work for you." Western governments are now hoping that the June elections will finally offer "a return on their money," says the World Food Program's Jibidar, perhaps allowing them to decrease enormous aid and peacekeeping expenses for Congo. But Jibidar says he fears possible "all-out war" once the voting ends. Electoral corruption seems likely - in Katanga, at least. Mushimi Bamuleluka, a 33-year-old refugee, says Mai Mai rebels confiscated his three brothers' electoral cards in February, and then killed them all. "They did not want money. They just wanted our [voting] cards...
Most Iraqis cling to hope that the country won't descend into all-out civil war. But the sectarian violence that has racked the country over the past two weeks has upended the lives of thousands of families like Nema's, forcing them to leave their homes and changing the complexion of cities like Baghdad, perhaps forever. Across the capital, mixed neighborhoods have undergone the equivalent of wholesale religious cleansing, as Sunnis and Shi'ites have sought safety in their sectarian communities. In areas where Shi'ites and Sunnis once lived in tolerance, even harmony, the two sides are drawing...
...Lorena Feijóo, 35, San Francisco Ballet. Feijóo doesn't so much dance her roles as attack them with a torrid, all-out intensity, yet she never loses precision and control. Her fiery virtuosity blazes in such ballets as Giselle and Don Quixote. Unlike Carreño, she left Cuba over the objections of Alonso, who still rules the National Ballet (see box). As a result, Feijóo has not been welcomed back, despite her requests. Alonso, she says, "has never said no, but she has never answered. I never lose the hope...