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...described in detail the military's hunt for Saddam and the killing of his two sons [WORLD, Aug. 11]. I was horrified by the description of the death of Uday Hussein, which said a soldier "pumped two bullets into Uday's mouth, to ensure his death." This was sickening. I reject the cold-blooded stalking and killing of anyone, even a murderous dictator and his family. This was an extreme example of American savagery. Why weren't Uday and Qusay brought to trial? MEG REYNOLDS Chicago...
...Saudi Arabia were flaring in public, President Bush was busy behind the scenes building a new antiterrorist task force with the kingdom's rulers. The plan started as Bush was refusing to release 28 pages of the 9/11 congressional report made public in July--pages that allegedly detail how financial networks in Saudi Arabia have funded terrorism. He argued that releasing them would "help the enemy" by revealing how U.S. intelligence gathers information...
...where the roadmap goes into extensive detail on the steps necessary to restore Israeli security, it grows distinctly fuzzy when addressing issues of occupation. The first phase requires that the Palestinians renounce armed struggle, dismantle all organizations wielding arms outside of the formal security services of the PA, and reform Palestinian institutions (code, in U.S. and Israeli parlance, for sidelining Yasser Arafat). The requirements of Israel in the same first phase are limited to easing the humanitarian plight of the Palestinians, withdrawing from towns reoccupied by the Israeli Defense Force and dismantling settlements built in the course of the current...
...Weill, 64, of his odyssey: 'I never thought it could be anything approaching this.' ... Weill stands apart from an industry where oversize egos often overwhelm logic. His latest deal caps years of collecting cast-off companies at fire-sale prices and then trimming costs by paying close attention to detail ... 'I have never in my life said anything was the culmination of a dream,' Weill observes, 'because if you stop dreaming, I can't imagine what the world would be like...
Then again, Arnold also describes himself as an environmentalist, but no one did more to popularize the gas-guzzling Humvee as a car for ordinary civilians. When a reporter asked him last week to detail his environmental positions, he made do with "I will fight for the environment. Nothing to worry about." One of the first members of Congress to endorse Schwarzenegger's candidacy was Dana Rohrabacher, a longtime friend who is one of the most conservative members of the California congressional delegation. Is that just further evidence of Arnold's gift for befriending people of all kinds, or does...