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...occupation one year after it began and step up a calculated campaign to disrupt the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis on June 30. U.S. officials expect attacks to increase as the date nears. "All of a sudden, it put a countdown clock on this country," says General Mark Kimmitt, the military's chief spokesman in Iraq. Kimmitt and other U.S. officials in Iraq increasingly believe Islamic radicals have taken charge of orchestrating the violence as Saddam Hussein loyalists fade from the scene. Their intent is to push the country into anarchy, where extremism can flourish...
...Angeles police department patrols gangland neighborhoods. They plan to be less intrusive, eschewing tank raids in favor of foot patrols, cultivating goodwill rather than taking the fight to the enemy. "There is a time for the iron fist and a time for the velvet glove," says Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of U.S. military operations in Iraq. Retired General Anthony Zinni, who headed the U.S. Central Command from 1997 to 2000, says the garrison strategy is "good because it drives down U.S. casualties, but it's bad because it means you're throwing everything onto an Iraqi security force...
...supportive of German unification in 1990 and is no less so now that unity has, inevitably, produced a more powerful Germany. "Let me state, clearly and unequivocally, that we welcome and value this German assertiveness in collective actions designed to achieve common goals and objectives," says U.S. Ambassador Robert Kimmitt in speeches to German groups. "With whom could the U.S. better pursue effective collective action than Germany, a trustworthy, reliable ally...
...typical Bush fashion -- maximum secrecy, high domestic political content -- Bush approved the move to withdraw diplomatic support of the guerrilla coalition but would go no further for now. That was still good news for those officials at the State Department, led by Under Secretary for Political Affairs Robert Kimmitt, who have been arguing for months that the U.S. should distance itself from the Khmer Rouge. Explains an official familiar with Baker's thinking: "It gets much harder, as the Khmer Rouge advance, for us to ignore the relationship between our allies and the Khmer Rouge and, by extension, between...
...unchallenged," said Don Tassone, a P&G spokesman. He noted that Folgers contains less than 2% Salvadoran beans. "In addition, and this is important to us, we are supported by our Government's policy," Tassone said. In a recent letter to the company, Under Secretary of State Robert Kimmitt urged P&G to continue buying Salvadoran coffee to promote economic stability in the impoverished country...