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...according to Monti, “not even really a blip on our radar.” Despite this mishap, the Marshal elections are running smoothly. Sixty-one students are competing for 16 spots in the first round of elections, which closes tomorrow at midnight. The top 16 then enter the second round of elections, which will ultimately yield eight Class Marshals, who will be responsible for organizing events for seniors during Commencement and subsequent alumni gatherings. Potential Marshals said they were excited about the chance to remain involved with the Class of 2009 after graduation. Lumumba B. Seegars...
Undoubtedly, Bechthold said, students will enter the field with interests ranging from architecture to real estate to consulting in energy design...
...comment from the Pakistan army, fears of a U.S.-Pakistan confrontation were sparked on Sept. 16 by media reports that Pakistani paramilitary troops may have fired warning shots to prevent U.S. military helicopters from returning to Angoor Adda. The Pakistan army swiftly denied the incident. "The helicopters did not enter Pakistani territory and the Pakistan army did not do the firing," says Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, the military's chief spokesman. "The firing was done by local Waziri tribesmen...
...that it involved substantial weaponry, ample funding and elaborate planning. Officials believe the timing of the 9:15 a.m. attack was designed to catch security personnel off guard after their rising early for the predawn sohour meal before beginning the day's Ramadan fast. In an apparent effort to enter the embassy compound without firing a shot, the terrorists, officials believe, pulled up to the first perimeter checkpoint in a vehicle, impersonating uniformed Yemeni personnel...
...terrorists' aim, according to officials, was to use the vehicle as a bomb blitz to blow apart the heavily fortified front gate about 200 yd. away. According to the plan, a second vehicle loaded with commandos armed with automatic weapons and grenades would speed through the breach and enter the embassy's chancery building, located another 200 yd. inside the compound. Once they made it inside, says TIME's source, their plan was to kill all the diplomatic personnel they could find. "Had they made it inside," he says, "it would have been a disaster...