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...Principled Disobedience Re your notebook item on the Israeli air-force pilots who have refused to participate in attacks on Palestinian militants hiding in populated areas of the West Bank and Gaza [Dec. 15]: Israel, in the face of brutal attacks on so many of its most vulnerable citizens, nevertheless remains a vibrant democracy subject to the rule of law and standards of morality. As your article noted, "Israeli law permits soldiers to disobey clearly illegal commands." The Israeli legal and moral systems stand in stark contrast to the policies of the Palestinian leadership, which not only fails to rein...
...past two weeks, with two new cases in China's Guangdong province and suspected cases turning up in Manila and Hong Kong, it seems that SARS, too, is re-emerging. The brutal culling of masked palm civets from Guangdong wildlife markets and farms that commenced on Jan. 5 has only exacerbated the sense that matters were spiraling out of control. Department of Forestry officials incinerated some civets, boiled others to death and drowned still more in disinfectant. It was as if the Chinese government were offering thousands of sacrificial rodents to ward off the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse...
During his brutal reign as Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein created around himself a legend of physical and political prowess. He demanded that his followers be willing to fight and die for him and acted as though he'd do the same for his country. So when he surrendered to U.S. soldiers without a shot from the pistol at his side, Arab diplomats and journalists say that the once admiring Arab masses were dismayed and embarrassed by his meekness. It suggested that legendary toughness was just that: legend...
Charles Taylor FORCED TO RESIGN Liberia's brutal leader finally agreed to go on Aug. 11, as rebels closed in. Fighting abated and tension eased. "God willing, I'll be back...
...looker, Law isn't afraid to work hard for his roles. The Cold Mountain shoot, which took place mainly in Romania, was particularly brutal. Law dived right in, being buried alive and dragging himself through swamps, mud and snow. A former vegetarian, Law discovered he was 20 lbs. underweight and had to bulk up for the role. "I remember looking out the window of my hotel room in Brasov and seeing Jude running up and down the hotel car park with his personal trainer on his back," says Minghella. That trainer--the 200-lb. Eddie Joseph, who has a good...