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Iraq remains a very dangerous place. Since May 1, when Bush stood on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln near a banner reading MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and said that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended," 74 members of coalition forces have died, 64 of them American. In addition to the Britons killed last week, a U.S. Marine died at Hillah when his armored vehicle rolled over as it rushed to reinforce a group of ambushed Marines, and a soldier was killed when a bomb exploded near his vehicle on the road to Baghdad airport. In Najaf, a soldier...
...military mission in parts of Iraq looks set to increasingly combine reconstruction with counterinsurgency, which according to the DOD's dictionary describes "those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency." And textbook counterinsurgency prioritizes the political and administrative aspects over combat - the insurgency depends on the support or, at least, consent of the local population; the authorities work to isolate and destroy the insurgents by winning the loyalty of the local population through providing good governance and protection from intimidation. The U.S. hopes to get help from allies, hoping to recruit...
...Sims Online, Second Life isn't a game you win or lose. The only rules are the rules of physics--and even they can be bent. (There's also a full working economy, so the laws of the marketplace apply.) Some areas of Second Life are zoned for combat or dancing, but most are just for hanging out with other virtual citizens. The software is free, but Second Life charges a monthly subscription fee of $14.95. Not bad considering the price of real estate these days. --By Lev Grossman
...depressed and disoriented Japan, that behind-the-scenes tale of filial piety may be more rousing than the grim generational combat depicted in the film itself. Battle Royale II is a decent war flick, though it's nowhere near as entertaining or unsettling as the original. But the story of a dying director striving to complete his final work and a devoted son dedicated to finishing the job may just provide Japan with something that it needs even more than another celluloid bloodfest: an emotional lift...
...that coalition forces are facing what appears to be an escalating guerrilla insurgency. And that means the occupation mission is costing not only American treasure - currently an estimated $3 billion a month - but also American lives. U.S. forces come under attack every day in Iraq, and they have suffered combat casualties at a rate upward of one death every other day. Six British MPs were killed near Basra on Tuesday and eight were wounded in a second incident; a U.S. Marine was killed en route to help ambushed comrades Wednesday; two U.S. troops were reported missing overnight Thursday in Baghdad...