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This year the team had to prepare for the criminal murder trial of a hockey player accused of killing another player on the ice. Over the course of the tournament, teams have to prosecute and defend; they don’t find out which side they’ll argue until just before the trial...
What the murder of the four security specialists did reveal is a little known reality about how business is done in war-torn settings all over the globe. With U.S. troops still having to battle insurgents and defend themselves, the job of protecting everyone else in Iraq--from journalists to government contractors to the U.S. administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer--is largely being done by private security companies stocked with former soldiers looking for good money and the taste of danger. Pentagon officials count roughly 20 private companies around the world that contract for security work, mainly in combat...
...America be his top priority?" I mean, even for those who opposed the war, what's the alternative to staying the course now? Abandon Iraq to chaos and terrorism? (Kerry's contradictory votes in favor of the war and against the $87 billion are his most difficult to defend...
...presidency of the IGC resigned at the weekend, as did the IGC's human rights minister, and others warned that they may follow suit. The Council was not consulted about the U.S. plans in Fallujah and to go after the Sadr movement. Instead, Council members found themselves having to defend themselves in the face of a furious public reaction, and they've done so mostly by distancing themselves from the Americans. Even more worrying for the U.S. is the fact that many of the Iraqi security forces that Washington had hoped would increasingly share the security burden in Iraq appear...
...inaugural meeting, there were Jewish (both Orthodox and Reform), Christian and Catholic students, as well as an Atheist student. Members of the small group shared their eagerness to explain their religious beliefs and practices to friends, but their frustrations as well. Many complained that they often felt pressured to defend or justify their lifestyle. The group also discussed their relationship with University chaplains. According to Davis, the group found chaplains “distant and impersonal” and “unable to relate to the issues of curiosity and questioning that college students experience...