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Conceivably, all that might happen. As Operation Imposing Law got under way on Feb. 14, there were some signs that Shi'ite militias might be reducing their attacks on Sunnis. Al-Sadr has ordered his Mahdi Army to lie low and avoid direct confrontation with American troops. Al-Sadr himself and several of his top commanders are believed to have left for Iran. But few in Baghdad doubt that he will be back. "He is just bending to the wind because he knows his fighters can't face the Americans," says Hussain al-Moed, a rival Shi'ite cleric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Sunni-Shi'ite Divide | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...troops and Iraqis die so that Bush and the Republicans look bad. That is spin at its worst. Kristol also tried to perpetuate the tired notion that it's important to sustain this war as part of a larger war on terrorism. But we will not condone this lie of an occupation anymore. Pam Bergren Hartford, Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Your Way Around Your Brain | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...half-hour as the baked snack crackers slowly dissolve from my teeth. First thing you notice about a girl: Her facebook profile. Your best pick-up line: Let’s get out of here lady, this place is clown town. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: In middle school, some friends and I made up this summer camp—Camp Pampernickel—and convinced one kid it was real. “Hey, when are your parents going to sign you up for Camp Pampernickel?” we kept asking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoped! | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...always hide,” he said. “I can always go to a party and have an angry author confront me and say, ‘It was a group decision.’ Sometimes I’ll lie. I’m a coward...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Times Editor Shares Secrets | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...Part of the explanation, said Capt. Erik Peterson, may be the Mahdi Army's plan to lie low and deny the Americans targets for their operations. But the 29-year-old company commander said that didn't explain a similar decline in activity by Sunni insurgents. He said Charlie Company had recently conducted raids against Mahdi Army targets and clearing operations against Sunni insurgents. Several members of the company said they had just completed an operation in which they captured Sunni insurgents, including several sniper teams. Still, it is unlikely that those operations alone could have blunted the Mahdi army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiet in Baghdad. Too Quiet | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

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