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...bosses, and there can only be one," says "Eduardo," a pseudonym given to a narco-trafficker ruling over several of Medellín's most violent neighborhoods, who spoke on condition of anonymity. As an estimated 150 to 300 criminal bands fight over control and turf, "the civilian population is caught in the middle," says Ana Patricia Aristizábal, the human-rights delegate of Medellín's ombudsman's office. (See the top 10 crime stories...
...French Revolution. First to go in early 2007 were a handful of senior Army brass following the revelations of poor conditions for wounded troops at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital. Then, in 2008, he canned the Air Force's top two leaders - one civilian and one military - over their sloppy handling of nuclear missiles and other atomic gear. (See a TIME photo-essay on Robert Gates' public career...
...conditions for a perfect storm of anti-U.S. feeling have risen, according to Samina Ahmed, director for the International Crisis Group in Islamabad. "What we're seeing is a nexus between an irresponsible media, the mullahs and the military, which is using anti-Americanism to beat a weak civilian government on the head," she says. Ahmed suggests that while the Obama Administration may need the generals' support in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda - who have sanctuaries inside Pakistan's tribal territories - it should not falter in trying to prop up the country's civil institutions. Otherwise...
...about-face, President Obama abandoned his plan to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters in a lower Manhattan civilian court, days after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg rescinded his support. The trials, which could last years, would have cost as much as $1 billion in security in the city's financial district. The Justice Department is now considering other locations, such as military bases and prison complexes. Meanwhile, several U.S. Senators announced Feb. 2 that they would move to cut off funding for the federal trials unless the Obama Administration tries the suspects in military...
...knowing a problem is not the same as solving it. Some doubt Jonathan has the charisma to succeed where so many predecessors - both civilian and military - have failed. Even Clark, who describes his protégé as "very humble, gentle, respectful and incorruptible; very quiet and intelligent," concedes that, "sometimes I felt he was rather too gentle to be effective...