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...fact that I had to suffer over this decision—to sit or to walk—illustrates how extremists on both sides of the Iraq debate have polarized our campus. Counter-protests by Republican hawks respond to neo-hippy anti-war protests. Flame wars have erupted on house lists—in one case, two roommates faced off, one sending out pro-war propaganda, the other peace pamphlets...
Marquand Professor of English Peter Sacks stands in front of a small enclave of pro-war counter-protestors waving American flags, his hands in the pockets of his black overcoat, and shakes his head. Soon, he joins in chant...
Wherever he is, Mohammed is a tremendous catch. The documents, files and cell phones taken from the house in Rawalpindi were flown to the U.S. and are being pored over at the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center in Virginia. The items seized have already yielded the names of at least a dozen men in the U.S who were known to be al-Qaeda associates and were under surveillance; other names are new to the authorities and are being checked out. So far, FBI officials say, there have been no electrifying breakthroughs, identifying previously unknown cells. "There aren...
...counter-protesters began to sing the French “Marseillaise,” to the musical accompaniment of a trumpet...
...student protesters, who described themselves as “The Organization To Defend America,” also had to face a counter-protest of about ten “anti-anti-French” demonstrators who began passing out pictures of the Statue of Liberty and shouting “Vive la France! Vive le Council de Securite!” before the anti-French rally had even begun...