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...cleric. At first the soldiers refused to accept the prisoners. As the cleric negotiated with the Americans, the mob began to think again about the "Wahhabis." One man pulled out a pocketknife and headed for the two men, who claimed to have come from Basra to visit the grave of a relative. "Kill the Wahhabis!" the crowd shouted. "Slit their throats!" Finally, the Americans took charge. A group of soldiers quickly bundled the two men into a humvee and sped off. (On Saturday, U.S. military sources said the two men were still in custody, together with a third...
...have been assisting U.S. troops [IRAQ COLLABORATORS, Aug. 18], quintessentially depicted the American policy toward the Iraqi people. You noted that Iraqi Fayek Kudayar Abbas was paid $40 a week as a translator, but quit his job after he was attacked. Since anyone working with Americans is in grave danger, it is paramount for the Americans to guarantee Abbas' personal protection. For Americans, Iraqis seem to be the equivalent of paper napkins: cheap to buy, quickly used and disposed of. And there is no shortage of supply. About 25 million desperate people have to find a way each...
...Houston this month, Gibson screened the unfinished film for a group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders--all of whom signed a confidentiality agreement. That day one of the attendees, Rabbi Eugene Korn, director of Interfaith Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League, told the Houston Chronicle, "We still have grave concerns," and the ADL elaborated on them in a press release. This breach rankled other leaders, who signed a group letter sent privately to the ADL (a draft of which was obtained by TIME): "The Passion is a powerful and graphic film ... We do not all agree on the effect...
...Those two restrictions must be lifted before the families of the victims can collect an additional $5 million apiece, according to an agreement they negotiated separately with Tripoli. But there are no signs the U.S. is about to relent. A senior U.S. official tells TIME that Washington still has grave concerns about Gaddafi's illicit nuclear-weapons program--and what the official calls the leader's "active and robust" stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons. --By Unmesh Kher and Adam Zagorin
...where two or four characters try to occupy a bare stage, it's a joy to set the set filled so profligately with people - 14 in the official cast, plus a few surprises. Each role is attractively embodied, and at the end, when the mystery woman materializes, she (lovely, grave Alice Selwyn) has the star quality the part demands. You'll just have to take my word...