Word: edicts
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...distinction seems subtle, after the discovery of Waffen SS graves the need for subtlety vanishes. Even if one claims that the ordinary German soldier fought for Germany and not for Hitler, that cannot be said of the Waffen SS. Hitler's 1938 edict declared them to be "a standing armed unit exclusively at my disposal." A further directive in 1940 elaborated their future role. After the war the Third Reich would be expected to contain many non-Germanic nationalities. The Waffen SS would be the special state police force to keep order among these unruly elements. They proved themselves during...
...edict came from on high, the brainchild of BPD Capt. William Evans, and it takes the form of a new police program: Operation Student Shield (OSS). Already implemented in Brighton and Allston, the program aims to do away with the dirty drinking habits of underage revelers. At a meeting last week with local college officials, Evans asserted that OSS will soon be extended to the entire Boston area, affecting thousands of undergraduates who’ve yet to attain their 21st year. And according to the captain, Harvard students’ behavior at last year’s tailgate...
...Islamic Commission of Spain, which represents the country’s one million Muslims, issued a fatwa (or Islamic edict) against Osama bin Laden. This fatwa declared bin Laden and al Qaeda’s terrorist acts at opposition with the teachings of Islam and bin Laden’s use of the Koran to justify his actions as unlawful. It also calls for all Muslims to consider al Qaeda apostates of Islam...
...terror strikes in Najaf, Karbala, Hilla and other Shiite population centers as far south as Basra. In those areas, however, their threat will be countered by the strong sense among the long-marginalized Shiites of the election as an opportunity to claim the power of the majority, and the edict by their supreme spiritual authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani proclaiming voting a religious duty...
...reinstated the death penalty, which Bremer suspended a year ago. It drew up an amnesty plan that is meant to siphon Iraqi nationals from the foreign insurgents. And the Cabinet promulgated a new public-safety law that gives the government broad--some say undemocratic--anti-insurgency powers. The edict stops short of the martial law Allawi had earlier hinted at, but only just. In designated areas--like Fallujah--the government will be able to restrict movement temporarily, set up checkpoints, declare curfews, prohibit public gatherings, set wiretaps and search without warrants. Suspects can be detained for as long...