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Yesterday’s massive student anti-war walk-out was a necessary and productive display of dissent against a highly objectionable war. For Harvard students to leave classes and disrupt standard daily life was a necessary acknowledgement of the U.S. first strike against Iraq; the protest served as important impetus and vehicle for dialogue about the war. While we hope that this action comes to a quick and decisive end, it is incumbent on students at Harvard and across the country to continue to think critically about our nation’s actions, and to share their thoughts through...
...electrifying breakthroughs, identifying previously unknown cells. "There aren't any eye-openers," says an FBI official. But there's still a lot of material to absorb. Law-enforcement authorities are especially concerned that al-Qaeda may be planning attacks on national monuments in the U.S. and trying to disrupt the economy. New York authorities and the FBI have been paying particular attention to securing the bridges into New York City's Manhattan island, especially the Brooklyn Bridge, which is an icon and a vital economic artery. At the same time, officials are anxious to see if al-Hawsawi's files...
...officials, Washington has wanted to issue a list naming terror backers in Southeast Asia, thus freezing their assets in America and pressuring other countries to follow suit. But while arrests stemming from the Bali investigation dented JI's operational capacities, bureaucratic wrangling continues to hamper efforts to disrupt its financial support...
...event that there is an attempt to disrupt classes, I want to assure you that the university will make every effort to keep its core educational activities running as normally as possible,” Brodhead wrote in the e-mail. “Faculty members have been asked to make appropriate arrangements to ensure the continuity of instruction...
Brodhead condemned the method employed by GESO, saying that it might “disrupt teaching and learning, the fundamental mission of the university...