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...Qahtani makes several comments to interrogators that imply he has a big story to tell, but interrogators report that he seems either too scared or simply unwilling, to tell it. On Jan. 10, 2003, al-Qahtani says he knows nothing of terrorists but volunteers to return to the gulf states and act as a double agent for the U.S. in exchange for his freedom. Five days later, Rumsfeld's harsher measures are revoked after military lawyers in Washington raised questions about their use and efficacy...
Even our affluent United States will not be spared. When our children reach our age, South Florida and much of Louisiana will have already begun their submersion by the Gulf of Mexico, and hurricanes could have become a regular feature of East Coast living. We trivialize climate meltdown by referring to it as an environmental problem. It is an economic, public health, and human rights catastrophe. And unlike war that ends, and the plague that passes, climate meltdown is irreversible...
...half. If we increased the average fuel economy of our cars by a mere 8 miles per gallon, a far cry from the 50 miles per gallon efficiency increases that hybrids promise, we would no longer need to import any oil from the Persian Gulf...
Rafsanjani's resilience has enabled him to survive debacles that would have ruined a lesser pol. Many Iranians blame him for prolonging Iran's eight-year war with Iraq by encouraging Khomeini to continue fighting after Iran's decisive recapture of the gulf port of Khorramshahr in 1982. As President, Rafsanjani withstood criticism from human-rights activists and a German court for ignoring, if not approving, the murder by Iranian hit squads of regime opponents in Europe; the Iranian government rejected the accusations outright. Rafsanjani's critics view him as opportunistic, corrupt in financial dealings and lacking guiding principles. "Have...
...culture or third-world society.” As the University’s travel policy currently stands, however, the vast majority of both Africa and the Middle East are inaccessible to students—in fact, students wishing to study in the Middle East are limited to the Gulf States, Jordan, and Egypt. Israel is off-limits despite only meriting a less severe State Department travel advisory...