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...Hussein last December, he might have thought his worst nightmares were behind him. On a summer afternoon in 1982, two days after gunmen in his town opened fire on a presidential motorcade, Ahmed and all the other males in his family were rounded up by Saddam's Special Republican Guard. Ahmed and three of his 11 brothers were eventually released; the rest disappeared. Two years later, Saddam signed execution orders for six of Ahmed's brothers; a seventh died during interrogation. They were among the 148 men and boys Saddam is accused of ordering killed in retaliation for the assassination...
...plight of the town reflects the broader collapse of order in the center of Iraq. Insurgents have destroyed the town's water and electricity facilities. Mayor al-Zubeidy says he needs at least 200 more people from the police or Iraqi National Guard to secure the entrances and exits of Dujail. He says he has been unable to persuade the Iraqi government to send reinforcements to the town. "We haven't gotten any support from any of the governments," he says. "There is almost a siege of Dujail, and we can't move out. If they catch...
MONA MIA A Harvard symbologist uncovered an anagram scrawled in invisible ink across the painting's face, which led to the discovery of a secret society whose sole mission was to guard the ... Wait, did we see that in a movie...
...Unfortunately, this is where our tax dollars are going—to military recruiting,” Ross said. “[T]he governor can have a big impact [by] recalling our national guard troops from Iraq. State’s rights is never used for progressive ends...
...ditto.” Only on the Iraq war and abortion did the candidates differ. Firenze felt that it would be a “bad idea”—and unconstitutional—for the governor to withdraw the state’s National Guard from Iraq. But Brownsberger said, “I support our troops, and think they should come home.” He said the state needs the guard here to protect local gas reserves and to help in the event of a natural disaster. On abortion, Firenze opposes it in all cases...