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...mines. The celebration of martyrdom, a tenet of Islam's Shia branch, provided the backbone for a revolutionary rhetoric that idealized sacrifice?an important propaganda tool for a young theocracy struggling to justify an ongoing war and a harsh Islamic regime. Veterans who had risked life and limb to defend their country were hailed as living martyrs. But for many, such as Kashfia, hero status was not enough. "The injured felt useless, with no role in society," says Mahmoud Khosravivafa, president of the National Paralympic Committee and himself a disabled vet. "They still wanted to serve their country...
Harold, the 2003 winner of the Miss America pageant, used her four-minute speech on the second day of the Convention to defend President George W. Bush’s faith-based initiatives...
...held down by the feet of two guerrillas. If either man allowed his foot to stray, the hostages were told, the room would explode. "Bear this in mind," one of the guerrillas said, referring to the Russian commandos who surrounded the building. "They are planning a storm. We will defend you to the last bullet and then blow ourselves up. We have nothing to lose. We came here...
...going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq." JOHN KERRY, U.S. Democratic presidential nominee, responding to attacks on his Vietnam War record from President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney...
...does someone who talks so much about getting good information deal with getting something so big so wrong? Bush will defend to his last breath the decision to target Saddam, weapons or no, but he now talks like a convert about the need for intelligence reform. "Look, I asked a lot of questions beforehand," he says of the prewar intelligence. "Anytime you put a large group of people into a combat zone, you ask a lot of questions." Having said that, he admits he is now asking even more. "We've just got to make sure that everybody's voices...