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...Qaeda fighters appeared to slip the dragnet at Tora Bora last December, the American forces learned a valuable lesson: If you want to get things done in Afghanistan, do them yourself. That's why when it traced a group of some 500 suspected bin Laden loyalists to a cave network in the Shahi Kot mountain range in Paktia province, the U.S. last weekend sent 1,000 of its own men - together with 200 special forces troops from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Denmark and Norway - to take a leading role in the ground offensive. Although the soldiers were accompanied...
...Eight Americans have been killed and 40 wounded since the assault on the cave complex began Saturday, and the battle is not over yet. The Arab, Chechen and Uzbek fighters holed up 8,000 feet above sea level have their backs to the wall. The al-Qaeda men are reportedly well-armed, well-organized and highly motivated. That, and the altitude and icy conditions make for a slow allied advance, although the Pentagon is confident that this time, there will be no escape...
...should not try to fight those easy to blame,” he said, emphasizing that the terrorist network should be the target rather than Osama bin Laden, “who is hiding in some cave...
...TFs’ grades are accurate and fair. If a TF gives higher grades than expected, the professor should personally evaluate students’ papers to ensure that the TF held students to the same high standards as other TFs. This professorial oversight creates the disincentive for TFs to cave in to student demands for higher grades or for TFs to give higher grades in implicit exchange for better CUE ratings. If TFs know their grades will be closely scrutinized, then they will adhere to the prescribed standards...
Many of these conservatives labeled Summers’ subsequent fence-mending efforts a cave-in to the very forces of political correctness that they hoped he was bucking. Still the fact that Summers could be a conservative darling for even a moment was surprising for a man who was once a leader in the Clinton administration and is now Harvard’s president...