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...association - and therefore, obviously, hold it as a central reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq - must be worrying. Because as the burden of occupation on ordinary Americans grows heavier, the fact that the postwar reality debunks the myth of a Saddam connection to 9/11 may nonetheless function to diminish enthusiasm for the administration's war effort...
...hope to be able to diminish the number of people we have to station in houses,” said Steen. “When you have as many houses as we do, with as many entryways as we do, it’s very hard to cover those adequately, and to cover them requires a lot of UAs. We’re trying to adjust that...
...light of his most recent findings, Wechsler said he would urge colleges to consider options other than the social norms approach. Such options, he said, might include working to diminish alcohol supply...
...reported response among ordinary Iraqis to the death of Uday and Qusay Hussein was wildly mixed, with some simply refusing to believe it (although Saddam's mournful message would presumably diminish their number), some welcoming the news, and others criticizing the U.S. for having killed them rather than capturing them and allowing Iraqis to put them on trial. There was also criticism of the U.S. for parading the bodies in a sometimes macabre media ritual, and for failing to observe the Muslim tradition of burial within 24 hours. Those comments, as well as the calls for trial rather than summary...
Mbeki has been reluctant to push Mugabe because bowing to Western pressure would cost Mbeki politically at home and diminish his standing amongAfrican leaders. In an interview with CNN last month, the South African leader pushed back at Secretary of State Colin Powell who wrote a critical article in The New York Times arguing that South Africa should be more active in Zimbabwe. "I think it is ill advised for him [Powell] to create the impression that he is directing what South Africa should do," said Mbeki. But today, there was none of that. "Sharp differences?" he said when...