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...benchmark for U.S. withdrawal is the capacity of Iraqi security forces to defend the country, then the Iraqi government will have cause to challenge the direction being pursued by the U.S. in training and assembling those forces. Even in the most optimistic view, which says there are some 125,373 personnel fully or partially trained (the U.S. acknowledges that only about one-third are combat-ready), some 110,577 of those are police, national guard and border patrol units - dedicated primarily to dealing with domestic threats. Right now, according to the U.S. government's own figures, there are only...
...also possible now that armed Shi'ite militias-members of the Badr Brigade, for example, who have been providing local security throughout the south-may be more willing to be reorganized and retrained to defend a central government that Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani has blessed. That may be too optimistic, especially in a country where pessimism usually equals reality but, at long last, it is not unthinkable...
...into skiing's world championships, which run through Feb. 13 in Bormio, Italy, the talented racer still leads the field in the overall World Cup Standings. In Bormio, he is the most serious threat to take a medal in each of the four racing disciplines and a favorite to defend the three medals he won at the last championships two years ago. On Saturday he opened the competition with an electrifying victory by a 0.14 sec. margin in the Super G. He is also, arguably, the most exciting skier to watch. "Bode Miller walks out the door...
...BREAKS TAXI DRIVER'S ARM. "I turned and chased and tackled him from behind, Johnny Raper style, and he hit the deck." "I've grown up in the western suburbs of Sydney." All my life. "Well, every now and then you've got to hold your hands up to defend yourself." Whack...
...next table, four freshmen from Pennypacker, who slogged through the snow for their meal, couldn’t help but overhear the seniors’ discussion and were quick to defend themselves...