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...tried to deflect criticism of the Iraq war this week by announcing a series of timelines and performance benchmarks for Iraq's government to disband sectarian militias and other goals aimed at preventing a civil war - all the while making it clear that U.S. patience has limits. But no sooner had the U.S. made this declaration than Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki virtually dismissed it. Not only did he reject the notion of timelines, but he scolded the U.S. for attacking commanders of the Shi'ite Mahdi Army in Baghdad. TIME.com asked Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan...
...tune with the world community rather than taking an armchair view and telling other nations to conform to the U.S. perspective. Nirmal Kuamar Mishra Patna, India Words Unspoken In "What Bush should have said" [Sept. 11], columnist Joe Klein suggested that the U.S. order the Iraqi Prime Minister to disband his coalition because of the influence of Muqtada al-Sadr. But if we are sacrificing American lives in the effort to establish democracy in the Middle East (whether Iraqis want it or not), we should at least allow the citizens of Iraq to enjoy the democratic right to select their...
...goal, had the best opportunity in the second half. After muscling her way through a blue wall of Connecticut defenders, sophomore Tami Jafar hooked a pass to Brown. With 3:30 left on the game clock, Brown rushed the net, nearly flattening the goalie who was barely able to disband the threat.Although it was the Huskies who got the upper hand on the scoreboard, it was Harvard who had the most to celebrate. The Crimson not only exhibited a focus it has been chasing since the opening of its season but also held the nation’s 10th-best...
...That's where the politics come in. "We are hoping to see what the prime minister announces," Babikir said, referring to long-discussed plans for national reconciliation, which aims to disband Shi'ite militias and bring some Sunni insurgents into the political fold with a promise of amnesty. "This will support us, and enable us to deal with the situation a lot better than we have done in the past...
...fact, Hizballah's attack comes at a time when the Iranian-backed group faces intense domestic and international pressure to disband its military wing, which is credited with driving out Israeli forces from southern Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation. Hizballah refuses to disarm, saying that the resistance - as it calls its armed wing - is a vital component of Lebanon's national defense against the threat posed by Israel. Although Hizballah occasionally attacks Israeli positions in Shebaa Farms, it rarely admits to launching operations elsewhere along the border that it is widely suspected of carrying...