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...past six weeks, Kufa and the two cities that house the holiest shrines of Shi'as, Najaf and Karbala, have been the center of al-Sadr's revolt. His militia claim to be protecting the shrines from U.S. forces that have besieged the cities. U.S. commanders insist al-Sadr is a small-time threat whose appeal is limited to a ragtag bunch of angry young men. But judging by the number and intensity of worshippers thronging the mosque in Kufa last Friday, the U.S. may be underestimating the rebel leader. In fact, the more the U.S. aims its guns...
...bombing last August. "Who would like to see their country occupied?" Vieira de Mello said to an interviewer. "I would not like to see foreign tanks in Copacabana." Time after time, the humiliation of occupation outweighs any good intentions that an imperial power may have. (Imperial powers always insist their true mission is a civilizing one, as if they aimed to do no more than bring afternoon tea or the metric system to those in less fortunate lands.) Stripped of all its justifications, imperialism means rule by someone else. In the 21st century, it is implausible to expect an occupied...
...American college applicants, the SAT exam is a) a stressful three hours of bubbling, b) a flawed test that often measures socioeconomic standing instead of aptitude, c) just another confusing set of numbers that colleges insist high-school seniors turn in or d) all of the above. The answer most high- school juniors and sophomores would probably give to this one is d, and they wouldn’t be wrong. Indeed, the stress and confusion is just going to get worse as the College Board introduces their new SAT next January, containing a written section similar...
...couldn't help bristling at your report on the increase in elective caesarean births [April 19]. The privileged mothers-to-be who insist on being in charge of every aspect of their baby's birth are exceptionally arrogant. Here in Africa, for too many women, having a baby can still be a matter of life and death. WENDY TOERIEN Cape Town...
Kerry's aides insist that the Senator's Iraq reticence is merely an act of patriotic high-mindedness reflecting a desire to show support for the troops and to not "politicize" the issue. Oh, please. There are at least three strategic reasons for saying as little as possible right now. The first is Politics 101: There is nothing Kerry can say about Iraq that would have greater emotional impact than the photos from Abu Ghraib or that would point out the contradictions of Bush policy more vividly than the sight of a Baathist general taking control of Fallujah from nonvictorious...