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...having the opposite effect. The increased U.S. presence in Baghdad has pushed many Sunni and Shi'ite fighters out of the city into areas where they have found roles in ongoing battles, launched new assaults on U.S. and Iraqi troops and infected the civilian population with sectarian hate. Colonel David Sutherland, commander of U.S. forces in Diyala province, says small-arms attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces there rose from 33 in July to 98 in February. Last July had just three suicide bombings in the province; this month there were five in one week, including...
...After Few's men left the valley for Baghdad three months ago, the increase in violence restricted Hamid to his compound, keeping him from traveling the roads at all. When Few returned to visit Hamid, the sheik embraced him. "I love you!" Hamid said in English. Few and Lieut. Colonel Andrew Poppas, the overall commander of the soldiers tasked with clearing the valley, quickly put pleasantries aside. Huddling with the two officers, Hamid unfolded a detailed map of Zaganiyah drawn by hand on pink construction paper and pointed out which streets were occupied by insurgents and where arms caches were...
...Colonel Thomas M. Wiley, HICKORY...
...foundation of leadership and also to get people comfortable for a military setting,” said Nicholas H. Schroback, Midshipmen first class and senior at Tufts University. Clearly, both of Sinnott’s passions are in her genes—Sinnott’s father is a Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, while her mother was formerly Miss Rhode Island USA (1978) and Miss Rhode Island World (1980). “It doesn’t surprise me that she’d want to do something in such a male-dominant environment but keep...
...asked Santos about the recent rise in extrajudicial killings by the military. "We're investigating that," he said. "If we don't improve on human rights, we're committing suicide," he says. He claims recently to have removed a colonel who was accused of human rights violations and to have established an independent organization to administer military justice. Santos has made a positive impression on Democrats in Washington, but deep skepticism remains over Uribe's commitment to human rights...