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...Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, Richard Corliss provided a good account of its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival [June 14]. But he incorrectly described the flights transporting members of the bin Laden family, who are Saudi, out of the country after 9/11. Corliss wrote that "in the dire days after 9/11, when U.S. flights were grounded, two dozen of Osama bin Laden's relatives were flown out of the country without the FBI being allowed to question them." The film does not claim that these flights from the U.S. took place while others were grounded or that there...
...amount estimated to be worth nearly $22 billion today, which some Haitians insist should be repaid--began its perilous slide toward turmoil and dependency, resulting in a 19-year U.S. occupation and two subsequent interventions in the past 100 years. In Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson presented dire warnings about what might happen to the U.S. political system in a worst-case scenario, but his words turned out to be a more accurate prophecy for America's plundered neighbor: "The spirit of the times ... will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt ... The shackles ... which shall not be knocked...
...facts on the ground in Iraq have changed so much that it's easy to forget that it wasn't always so dire. When Bremer arrived, in May 2003, the deadly insurgency inside Iraq had yet to begin in earnest. But chaos was mounting, as internecine violence surged, citizens began settling scores and looters took everything that wasn't bolted down. Bremer had all of 10 days' notice that the Administration wanted him to take over as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), and it showed. A former adviser recalls being stunned when at an early-morning meeting...
...Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, Richard Corliss provided a good account of its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival [May 31]. But he incorrectly described the flights transporting members of the bin Laden family, who were Saudis, out of the country after 9/11. Corliss wrote that "in the dire days after 9/11, when U.S. flights were grounded, two dozen of Osama bin Laden's relatives were flown out of the country without the FBI being allowed to question them." The film does not claim that these flights from the U.S. took place while others were grounded or that there...
...dire is the security situation bequeathed by 15 months of occupation that it not only proscribed the hand-over ceremonies - it would have been tempting fate to hold it on the appointed day, more so to actually invite Iraqis to attend the event - but it also looks set to be the overarching priority of the new government. Indeed, attacks on Coalition forces and foreigners in Iraq average around 40 a day, while terror strikes on Iraqi civilians have become an almost daily reality. Insurgent violence has not only overshadowed Iraq's political transition; it has choked the economic reconstruction...