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...broader based. A double ambush last week in Samarra "was the biggest, most sophisticated so far," says a senior intelligence official in Washington. (See "What Really Happened?") As a Pentagon official sees it: "They know they can't beat us militarily, but they think they might be able to defeat us politically." The guerrillas are trying to drive U.S. casualties so high that the American public turns against the war, he says, adding, "They could succeed...
...prevent that, the U.S. needs to defeat the insurgents, a job that first requires figuring out who they are. U.S. intelligence experts are struggling to patch together a working profile from tidbits gleaned from captives, scraps of information of varying reliability and facts collected after attacks. They now believe the insurgents are a volatile mix of groups and free-lancers who include loyalists of the former ruling Baath Party, Fedayeen militiamen, former Republican Guard and intelligence agents, foreign jihadis, professional terrorists, paid common criminals and disaffected Iraqis. Men, in fact, like the well-educated, English-speaking fellow who appears...
After two achingly close one-goal losses to quality opponents—a 1-0 defeat last weekend at Cornell and a 3-2 loss on Wednesday at Boston College—the Harvard men’s hockey team finally came up with...
Though Cserny, Peljto and senior guard Bev Moore combined for 26 points in the second half, the rest of the Crimson squad was held scoreless, all but guaranteeing defeat...
After ending last season—one of the best in Harvard women’s hockey history—with a 3-2 defeat in double overtime to Duluth, the No. 3 Crimson (11-0-0, 4-0-0 ECAC) visit the No. 4 Bulldogs (9-5-0, 5-3-0 WCHA) looking for revenge in a crucial two-game set this weekend...