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...talked, couriers on motorbikes kept putting into the courtyard bearing fresh news. The Iraqis aren't even at their new front line. "There's no one there," said one scout. "They have pulled back several kilometers more, behind a big ditch," another said. "The line will be on the city limits by morning." The city is Kirkuk, just west of here, a major Kurdish city controlled by Iraq...
...American forces?" He avoided the question, as if he did not quite understand what I was talking about. An aide whispered something, and Mam Rostam said he was tired and a little hungry. He swept out of the courtyard with his entourage, and the journalists outside the compound dispersed. His mood change seemed suspicious, so I decided to spend the night in my car, parked within the compound. About 15 minutes later Mam Rostam swept back in followed by a gleaming Mercedes, a Land Cruiser and another luxury vehicle, each accompanied by 10 to 15 bodyguards. The Patriotic Union...
...rest of the visitor's security detail did not try to hide their identity. Half a dozen Special Forces men drove pickups into the yard, parking next to me. All wore combat gear, one a night-vision device on his helmet. They settled into the darkest corner of the courtyard and spoke quietly on satphones, trying to maintain a low profile...
...this kind of forgiveness and leniency that only serves to encourage French prisoners to fly the coop, like the three who escaped from Draguignan prison when a friend landed a helicopter in the middle of the courtyard and flew them out. While many French prisons install nets to prevent just such an escape, the lack of standardized, rigorous security measures meant that this prison was not required to have such a net. These structural faults are just symptomatic of the poor planning, weak discipline and general apathy that pervades the French correctional system...
...Matt L. Butler ’04 says of the typical astonished reaction to the size of his lavatory. Located in N-entryway, which he dubs “the ’burbs” because it is removed from the main Eliot courtyard, the suite is best known among Eliot residents for its massive and comfortable brown couch, nicknamed “Cocoa.” The mantelpiece, the parquet floor in the bathroom and Butler’s well-selected prints lend the suite a distinctively twenties air. The built-in cabinet...