Word: facto
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...Kurds The Players: A non-Arab minority comprising 25 percent of the Iraqi population, who have enjoyed de facto autonomy under U.S. protection in northern Iraq since the Gulf War in 1991. The most politically cohesive of Iraq's ethnic communities, they are led by Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani, two leaders who have settled their factional differences in order to present a united front in pursuit of enhanced autonomy in the new Iraq. And between them, Talabani and Barzani command 70,000 "peshmerga" militia fighters...
...Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, even as he was renouncing terrorism to win the favor of the Bush Administration, really order a hit on Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud? Or are the Saudis pushing trumped-up charges? Libyan officials deny the accusations, Saudi sources stand by them, and U.S. officials--while saying "the Saudis are hyping" the story--aren't quite sure what to think...
...billion a year from drugs, according to U.S. officials. Analysts say that could only result from moving the product themselves. The cash has allowed the AUC and the FARC to build well-equipped armies numbering as many as 20,000 members each, and has made them the de facto governments inside large swaths of Colombia. And their civil war no longer has much to do with ideology; it's far more about amassing wealth. But the AUC and the FARC wield power, and firepower, that a druglord like Escobar could only dream of. Should the groups eventually fill the more...
...publicized moves to curb radicals in Saudi schools, mosques and charities, the government remains reluctant to fight a war against extremist ideas. The regime continues to allow Saudi imams to rail against Crusaders and Jews in much the same manner that al-Qaeda does. When the country's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, blamed the Yanbu outrage on Zionists, reformers felt he was once again appeasing hard-line opinion. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., seemed to acknowledge his government's shortcomings last week when he publicly called for mobilization against al-Qaeda...
Sure, sophomore forward Matt Stehle was the de facto starter in a depleted front court, but coming off an injury-plagued freshman campaign, no one expected much from the 6’8 post player from Newton, Mass...