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...especially as the son of a North African, and dehumanizing. What makes the characterization worse, however, is that my project leader is an intelligent graduate of Makerere University—the most prestigious institution of its kind in Uganda—who is considering furthering her education at the London School of Economics and says her ultimate goal is to work in policy...
...make it easier for people to travel to commit suicide, experts point out that with clarity could come a rigidity that ends up punishing people who have up until now escaped prosecution. In practice, ambiguity can be a good thing, says Emily Jackson, a professor of law at the London School of Economics. "The ambiguity in the law has allowed a degree of discretion to be exercised on compassionate grounds," she says. "If there is a very clear set of criteria, there may be pressure to prosecute any case which might look as if it falls outside the guidelines...
...news for days ran footage of "voluntary" confessions by local citizens led astray by foreign elements, the latter typically Iranians operating out of the U.K. (the British had been cast as the lead villain this time around). As a kharaji, or foreigner, who had arrived on a flight from London shortly before the vote, I fit the profile of the state's narrative too well. The machinery had little choice but to check up on me, its logic dictating the visits by paired government men curious to know what an "Iranian-American with a foreign accent...
...period is uncertain, however. The buildup and execution of Operation Panther's Claw led to the bloodiest month to date for British forces in Afghanistan, with 22 British personnel killed in July. The financial cost of the campaign is mounting too: according to a report in the Times of London, spending on Britain's military operations in Afghanistan has more than trebled, from $1.3 billion in 2006-'07 to $4.4 billion in 2008-'09. And there are indications that the British public's patience is wearing thin. Last month a decision by the Ministry of Defense to try to reduce...
...Contentious as it may be, the need to consolidate the success of Panther's Claw will make the logic for sending additional British troops to Afghanistan irresistible, according to Paul Cornish, head of the International Security Program at the London-based think tank Chatham House. Eventually, however, the British public will demand that politicians articulate an endgame. "Britain will commit additional troops because there's such a sound logic to it militarily," says Cornish. "But I can't see how we can plan to be there for the next two or three decades. I just don't see how that...