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Spurred on by its strong defense, the Big Red will slip past Bucknell by a field goal, sending the Bison home with their third straight three-point defeat...
...World of Help Tim McGirk's story "Moscow's Graveyard," on how the Soviet Union's defeat in Afghanistan led to the global rise of Islamic militancy [Aug. 15-22], gave too much credit to the Afghan people in the struggle to liberate their country. The rest of the world helped: Americans, Saudis and Pakistanis all made outstanding contributions. Practically the whole world was against the Soviets. That's why they lost. Ernest Lall Taxila, Pakistan...
After dominating an exhibition game against Cape Breton University, Harvard (2-1-0) shut out both Binghamton (4-1-1) and Syracuse (1-4-0) before suffering its first defeat of the season to Central Connecticut (4-1-0) on Friday...
...uprisings against U.S. troops. The base of his support is in the Shi'ite slum of Sadr City, home to one-third of Baghdad's population. If al-Sadr called on his poor Shi'ite followers to join Sunnis in opposing the charter, it is likely it would be defeated. Abdul Salam al-Qubaisi, spokesman for the Association of Muslim Scholars, a hard-line Sunni group, claims al-Sadr is working to bring out the no vote. "We need Muqtada's support to defeat the constitution," he says. "We are already working closely with...
...Sunnis oppose the constitution, but can only defeat it if two-thirds of voters in any three provinces vote against it. Sunni leaders are confident they can get the numbers in two?Anbar and Salah ad Din?but their hopes for the third, Baghdad, rest on Muqtada al-Sadr and his two million followers in Sadr City. The A.M.S.'s al-Qubaisi says his group is already working with al-Sadr to persuade Shi'ites to vote against the constitution. The relationships forged during last week's tragedy and the goodwill generated by the Sunnis of Adhamiya could yet yield...