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...same central authority that held them together before the regime was toppled. There is evidence that some of the attacks on U.S. forces may emanate from previously dormant Islamist and nationalist elements, and foreign jihadis from other Arab countries. For both Bremer and the military commanders, the bet appears to be that subduing the insurgency will depend less on eliminating Saddam and his heirs than on aggressive counterinsurgency tactics combined with urgent improvements on the delivery of basic services to Iraqis...
...given the disposition of the U.S. forces currently after him, to make it to court Saddam would likely have to surrender pretty soon. Given his track record for miscalculating, if the Pentagon futures market in Mideast events was up and trading, it would have been a relatively safe bet that Saddam won't be taken alive...
...when the stock goes from $50 to $60, the value of the option increases from $10 to $20, or 100% before taxes.) And shares cost more for the company to issue, so companies won't hand out as many. In essence, employees will be giving up a risky bet on a lot of money in exchange for a safer bet on somewhat less money. It is an appropriate trade-off for a more sober financial...
...portrayed Cochran as desperately hopping between two arguments, both destined to fail—attempting, on the one hand, to convince the jury that Rose did not bet on baseball, and simultaneously to make them sure that any such gambling would not be cause to bar him from the Hall of Fame...
...bet on the game, there’s no Hall of Fame,” Dershowitz said...