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...optimistic. Iraq's 300,000-strong security forces--in particular the national police, which is overseen by the Interior Ministry--have been so thoroughly infiltrated by militias that some U.S. trainers will have to bring in new recruits and retrain much of the current batch before they can turn combat responsibilities over to the Iraqis. There are already concerns that by rushing to strengthen the Iraqis, U.S. forces may be ignoring abuses committed by the very people they're training. "I am greatly concerned that U.S. aid--including weapons--has gone to Iraqi security forces who have violated human rights...
MINNESOTA It's healthy, dontcha know? Minnesotans scored 21% above the U.S. norm, thanks to factors like a high rate of employer-provided health insurance. Still, 1 in 4 are obese, which the state will combat with a child-centric plan...
...Chiarelli returned to Iraq last January as commander of the Multinational Corps - in layman's terms, the general in charge of combat operations. Within weeks the Shi'ites were up in arms again, after the bombing of the al-Ashkari Shrine in Samarra. This time, the target of their rage was the Sunni community, not U.S. forces. Shi'ite militias are blamed for much of the killings in Iraq's civil...
...United States that does not prepare students for the activity that they will spend most of their professional lives [doing],” he said. Critical thinking might be colleges’ primary goal, but they’re not accomplishing it very well, he said. To combat a regression in these skills, he said colleges must “make major efforts to shift the methods of teaching from passive lectures to more active instruction.” Bok’s final recommendation called on institutions to enact “a continuous process of self-scrutiny...
...part, the Israeli military is strengthening its border defenses and trying to figure out how to crush a guerrilla enemy that fires rockets from deep underground and uses villages and towns as a combat shield. The Israeli air force is retooling its planes for new, U.S.-made 600-pound 'bunker-buster' bombs. Israel also found out that its vaunted Merkava tanks were vulnerable to missile attack, and experts are now experimenting with a new radar device that tracks and shoots incoming projectiles in mid-air. And the Israelis are keeping an eye out for goat-herders and donkeys loaded with...