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...impossible at a time when the U.S. is trying to figure out how to extricate itself from Iraq. Around the world, both the U.S.'s friends and its adversaries are taking note--and in many cases, taking advantage--of the strains on the superpower. If the toppling of Saddam Hussein marked the high-water mark of U.S. hegemony, the past three years have witnessed a steady erosion in Washington's ability to bend the world to its will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Cowboy Diplomacy | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

...such a comparison really could be legitimate. Simon Nicholas Cologne, Germany Al-Zarqawi appeared at a time that enabled him to establish his reputation. Anyone who succeeds him as the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq will not gain so much notoriety. Al-Zarqawi met no interference from Saddam Hussein before the invasion of Iraq, and afterward he had support from antidemocratic forces. His reputation as a hard-line Jordanian jihadist worked in his favor. There will never be another al-Zarqawi. Adnan al-Jamie Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of al-Zarqawi | 7/4/2006 | See Source »

Terrorism trials in civilian courts have been a mixed bag--the prosecution of the Lackawanna and Portland cells ran smoothly, while al-Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui took a federal court on a wild grandstanding ride worthy of Slobodan Milosevic or Saddam Hussein. The judges who hear the appeals may affirm that civilian courts are the wrong venue for Gitmo detainees, but the debate is too important--and too complex--to cut the judiciary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix Guantanamo | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...Lessons of the Cold War Peter Beinart's essay "Let Your Enemies Crumble" [June 5] correctly pointed out that containment policies against repressive regimes have been successful, most notably with the Soviet Union during the cold war. The Soviet leaders, however, were consistently capable of rational judgment, whereas Saddam Hussein was not entirely so. If Saddam were still in power, isn't it likely that he would have been able to reconstitute at least some of his WMD programs by now? Channing Blickenstaff West Lafayette, Indiana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...This is the fate of those who defend Saddam Hussein." ONLOOKER outside an Iraqi police station where the body of Khamis al-Obeidi, one of the former dictator's defense lawyers, was being held. Al-Obeidi, abducted and murdered last week, was the third member of the defense team killed since the trial began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

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