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Crimson captain Noah Welch made two trips to the sin bin on Friday, one of which gave the Big Red an early two-man advantage. Welch has collected nine penalties in the first three games of the season—his closest teammates have collected just...
...Osama Bin Laden has a flair for dramatic timing. In October 2001, he materialized on TV screens hours after bombs began falling on Afghanistan. Three years later, he surfaced on videotape four days before the U.S. presidential election. It was not quite the Osama October Surprise that some Democrats had imagined--bin Laden doing a perp walk in an orange jumpsuit--but it rattled the U.S. and roiled the campaign just the same...
...Bin Laden's core message was much the same as before: If the U.S. did not change its behavior toward the Muslim world, it would get hit again. "Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al-Qaeda," he warned. "Your security is in your own hands." He tried to rationalize al-Qaeda's terrorism--and court Muslim support--by airing historical grievances against the West and Israel...
...messenger was at least superficially different. Whereas he had earlier looked gaunt and tired, he seemed healthy and well groomed, if a bit thinner. He used both hands despite earlier reports that one of his arms had been injured in Afghanistan. Gone were the fatigues and the AK47. Bin Laden wore a golden robe, sat behind a desk and read from notes. The media-conscious terrorist leader seemed to be trying for the image not of a soldier but of a statesman--or at least of a TV host...
Welch is, well, notorious for his time spent in the sin bin. And while his reputation among detractors as a malicious player or a “goon” is certainly not warranted, new rules emphases this year figure to work against his strengths...