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...Terror in Najaf The terrorist attack on the Shi'ite mosque in Najaf, Iraq, may have achieved a host of objectives for its perpetrators [Sept. 8]. It created a big dent in the American plans for Iraq. It drove a wedge between America and the Shi'ite majority and scared off Iraqis who had been willing to collaborate with the U.S. It also proved that the Shi'ites still have no protector in Iraq. The best response for the U.S. is to shrink the goals of its mission. The old regime has been eliminated. Leave Iraq to the Iraqis; empower...
...last week, but Dean--who is on the record as favoring more American troops and more money--opened it a crack. "If we need more troops, they are going to be foreign troops," the former Governor said, changing his position and glancing warily over at Kucinich, who hopes to dent Dean's support in the peaceable kingdom of Iowa. "Ours need to come home...
...file sharers it has gone after were dealing in hundreds of tracks, not just a few. "We're focused on the supply side," RIAA president Cary Sherman says. "If you can get at the 10% of people who are offering 90% of the files, that makes a significant dent...
...Business Development Corporation, says the city has attracted about 1,500 jobs in the first five months of the year. Among the new arrivals: factories for DaimlerChrysler, BMW and the U.S. electronics giant Motorola. Still, Berlin will have to do a lot better if it is to make a dent in its stubborn unemployment figures. And Stefan Kr?tke, author of Berlin: Metropolis Between Boom and Crisis, is worried that the cuts in the city budget will impact the sectors in which Berlin is strong. "The financial consolidation is now threatening the few islands of economic growth," Kr?tke says. "They...
Radcliffe thrived during the middle 1000 meters, making a significant dent in the Tigers’ lead as the race reached the final sprint...