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Hashem is an Iraqi army conscript. That makes it almost certain that he will be on the front lines if the U.S. leads an invasion of Iraq. "It's his duty to defend his country," remarks Ali, radiant in her white dress. She says it with a sigh of resignation that is frequently heard on the streets of Baghdad these days. If interviews conducted mostly in the presence of a government minder are an indication, most Iraqis feel that although Saddam Hussein agreed last week to new U.N. weapons inspections, war is coming nonetheless, either because their government will...
...question before the court was why Michael Jackson failed to play two concerts. The question on everyone's mind was, How can he look even freakier than the last time he appeared in public? Jackson showed up in court to defend himself against a $21 million lawsuit filed by promoter Marcel Avram, who claims Jackson illegally backed out of two millennial concerts. Jackson says Avram called them off. For his first day of testimony, Jackson arrived wearing his familiar surgical mask, which he removed when he took the stand, revealing sparse facial stubble and an unexplained bandage...
...going to discipline a lawyer for expressing his views on the Middle East,” said Dershowitz yesterday. “In America, you don’t have to defend your right to speak. Maybe that’s the way it’s done in Egypt or Iran, but that’s not the way it’s done in America...
Dershowitz said he has no intention of backing down and does not need to defend himself. He does not believe the bar will take action against him, he said...
According to Meyer, the only reason he has provided so much detail about HMC’s involvement with Harken is to defend HMC against false allegations...