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...Beyond that, the notion of sealing troops in metal cocoons is contrary to the Pentagon's notion of counter-insurgency warfare, which requires soldiers and Marines to mingle with the local population they are trying to win over. Winning hearts and minds in Iraq demands "close contact with the local population to provide them with security and to develop a working knowledge of the local environment that, together, produces the intelligence necessary to defeat an insurgent enemy force," a respected military think tank said in report released October 17. "The MRAP - at least in this situation - may send the wrong...
...defensive breakdowns en route to an unanswered four-goal stretch that effectively iced the game.“At halftime, we were right with them,” Ludwick said. “And then we just kind of slowed down due to fatigue, and they started scoring on counter-attacks.”Co-captain Michael Byrd scored three goals and added four steals.GWU 9, HARVARD 6The weekend festivities started well enough, as the Crimson jumped out to an early lead at the halfway mark, holding a precarious 4-3 margin. Led by Ludwick and Tune, who each contributed...
...Othering,” that this paradigm reveals its affinity for gross, unmitigated violence. Because “terrorists” are placed beyond understanding, their elimination is almost never conceptualized as a political problem, but a military one. Eqbal Ahmed, in an influential 1965 article on counter-revolutionary warfare in Vietnam, suggested that American administrators were destined to decimate the local, civilian population because they began in precisely this way, by rejecting the primacy of politics. Perhaps the best example of this genocidal impulse came not too much later in 1970, when the gap endemic to such a mindset...
...City.” The screening was part of a Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations tribute to Garcia for his humanitarian work. Garcia has worked on behalf of hurricane victims, at-risk youth, and cancer patients during his career. The foundation’s director, S. Allen Counter, said Garcia was a natural choice for the honor. “Andy Garcia is very much respected by Cuban-American students for his support for democracy and freedom in Cuba and merging those ideas with the arts,” Counter said. Garcia’s family fled Cuba...
...amazement of foreign observers - now appears to agree with Sarkozy's view that the time has come for change. "Strikes and opposition to reform has been something of a rite in French society, and there's a feeling today that this reoccurring ritual is now both outdated and counter-productive," Parodi explains. "There's a very strong feeling this time around that enough is enough - it's time to face reality and move ahead...