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Allowing any exceptions to the government’s strict condemnation of torture will contradict the principles of the nation’s legal system, Rubenstein said...
...North Korea could be capable of supplying nuclear weapons to terrorists within months, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage offered assurances that "we're going to have direct talks with the North Koreans; there's no question about it." Days later, however, Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared to contradict him, saying "no military option's been taken off the table, although we have no intention of attacking North Korea as a nation." Korea analyst Leon Sigal, whose book Disarming Strangers chronicles the first nuclear crisis, says U.S. intransigence and North Korea's belligerence equal "a very dangerous spiral...
...Gulf. President Bush is unlikely to countenance bringing home those troops as long as Saddam remains in power in Baghdad, swearing that he has no weapons of mass destruction. Saddam shows no sign of changing his tune, nor have the UN inspectors thus far turned up any evidence to contradict him despite Washington's undertaking to provide them with intelligence to help them do just that. The best hope of the Arab and European governments hoping to avoid a war may soon rest on their ability to coax Saddam into the somewhat unlikely scenario of a cozy retirement somewhere...
...results contradict those from a similar study the center conducted in 2000, which found that a cell phone ban would be “premature” given limited data at the time. That study had been commissioned by AT&T Wireless, but the latest study was independently funded by the center...
Paulin’s words—hateful and incendiary as they were—came out in a flash of anger and rhetoric, and they directly contradict his longstanding and vocal support for the peace process and a two-state solution. Dershowitz’s words constitute a policy proposal, not a flash of rhetorical fury; disturbing as they are, they represent his considered opinion and are consistent with his views as we know them. This difference should be borne in mind when we hold each to account for his role in exacerbating this bloody conflict...