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...inevitability almost slipped away last week. The three Afghan warlords in control of alliance forces began the week with a successful assault on the Milawa Valley, the lone entrance to Tora Bora from the north. Al-Qaeda soldiers fled quickly, though they did manage to kill a few alliance troops. Having taken the territory, the warlords committed a major tactical error: they withdrew from the valley. When alliance forces returned the next day, they were greeted by three al-Qaeda fighters armed with machine guns who opened fire from 200 meters. No alliance soldiers were killed, but the morning...
...suicide bombings. And more sustained, long-term operations in Palestinian towns and refugee camps carry the risk of a substantial increase in Israeli casualties for limited tactical benefits. After all, the difference between the first intifada and the current one is that there are now tens of thousands of assault rifles, grenades and makeshift mortars in Palestinian hands - which is precisely why disarming the unofficial militias had been a critical element of the Mitchell cease-fire plan...
...November 2000, police reported another sexual assault committed in a first-year dorm against a female undergraduate. The attacker’s identity was not known...
...outside threat created with limited key card access, these fears seem unfounded. Universal access would enable students to evade suspicious individuals as they travel through campus at night. Currently, there is universal access between 8 a.m. and 1 a.m., and there has been no great increase in theft or assault in the Houses during these hours. Allowing students to slip inside a House foyer makes far more sense from a public-safety perspective than leaving them outside to bang on the gates...
...don’t think safety is an important consideration in the [keycard access] debate, as every argument that [keycard access] would increase safety seems based on the premise that only (or mainly) non-students assault Harvard students, a premise which we know to be false,” Lewis wrote...