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...This is not a clash of civilizations, not a clash of Islam against the West,” he said. “The true cause [of the Sept. 11 attacks] is a search for an Islamic utopia. It is only when we get in the way of the Muslim path to heaven—that is by supporting repressive rulers deemed to be religiously illegitimate—is it we become the enemy...
...according to doctors at the hospital, three were killed and ten wounded. The day before eight were killed and ten wounded in another clash at the square...
...habit of responding to my many Crimson-related e-mails (“Who’s in charge of ______?”) within 20 minutes, regardless of the hour in his 18-hour day. I am sure that the old and new Harvard regimes had an ugly clash behind closed doors (and thank you Dean Lewis for keeping it behind closed doors, unlike the shenanigans of a former professor soon to appear in The Matrix 2 as Counselor West), but that doesn’t excuse the unexplained firing of the dean most involved with students...
...there be placed under U.S. command - a demand rejected by Turkey, and which the U.S. has reportedly been forced by Ankara's resistance to drop. Kurdish leaders have warned that any Turkish troops in Iraqi Kurdistan would be regarded as invaders. In order to forestall the prospect for a clash between the Kurds and Turkey, the U.S. military may be inclined to seize and occupy the town early in the war. While averting a Kurd-Turk battle for the city, that would nonetheless leave the U.S. forced to adjudicate between the competing claims of two of its allies - a dilemma...
...Afghanistan’s new government fails] the international community would have lost a unique opportunity to illustrate that the clash of civilizations can be avoided,” Ghani said...