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While widespread doubts in the Pentagon remain that the U.S. troop surge is going to work, one thing is clear: It is becoming increasingly costly in terms of American blood. As May comes to a close, the death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq measured over a two-month period has reached an all-time high. Military officials had predicted such a spike as General David Petraeus began to flow close to 30,000 more U.S. troops into greater Baghdad, stationing many in small outposts dotted across the region. Unfortunately, it's one prediction that the brass got right...
...Progress, Pentagon officials say privately, needs to be significant and measurable when weighed against the blood now being shed by U.S. forces in Iraq. The Pentagon has confirmed the deaths of 3,454 American military personnel in Iraq, and the wounding of 25,549, since the invasion in March...
...father, Riad, said that the police "executed" his son in cold blood in front of dozens of eye witnesses. "He had just finished praying at the mosque and was drinking a juice and eating a sandwich," he said. "He was only 24 and they shot him like a dog." Bilal died on the sidewalk of a narrow dirty street of drab apartment blocks on one side and a small garden and beige stone clad mosque on the other. Since his death, the Lebanese army and police apparently have not entered the area, wary of the simmering resentment in this close...
...According to Professor of Law David J. Barron, a former Crimson president, Sitkoff will be the only member of the faculty who specializes in research for trusts and estates. Manning added that Sitkoff’s appointment, in addition to the appointment four other professors, would add new blood to the faculty. Sitkoff, who has been at the Law School this spring as the John L. Gray Visiting Professor of Law, was an associate professor at the Northwestern University School of Law before heading to New York. Sitkoff worked with Spier while he was at Northwestern, and with Feldman while...
...again in the July elections: Although they garner majorities across south-eastern Turkey, they are not likely to get 10% nationwide. "As long as real democratization is not achieved, military operations will fail to reach their goal," says Ragip Duran, a prominent author and analyst of Kurdish issues. "More blood will be spilled. The Kurdish problem is not based in north Iraq, it's based in Turkey, and that is what needs to be addressed...