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...months now, U.S. officials have banked on the capture of Saddam Hussein to quell the attacks against American soldiers. But as Mohammed's story illustrates, resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq goes beyond loyal remnants of the old regime. The non-Baathist components of the opposition include nationalists, tribalists and ordinary citizens offended by the armed presence of foreigners and especially by the occupiers' perceived power abuses. Other resisters include non-Iraqi Arabs, possibly jihadis who have traveled to Iraq to take on the U.S., as well as fundamentalist Shi'ites...
...that a little ambiguity over his intentions leaves him some weight to throw around. He can count on at least some of the military following him, whatever he decides to do. "The loyalty of his soldiers doesn't go to the state," says a local businessman. "They're not loyal to the President of Liberia. They're loyal to Charles Taylor." The uncertainty has already complicated the peace process. The rebels have refused to allow access to the port before Taylor leaves, so food in government- controlled Monrovia has remained expensive and scarce. The port is also...
...Model Consort Our Milestone on the death of Sir Denis Thatcher [July 7], husband of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, noted that in public he was the loyal spouse while in private he acted as a critical sounding board for his wife. We profiled him in an Aug. 14, 1989, report: "In public life, Denis, as all Britain calls him, is discretion personified. 'So long as I keep the lowest-possible profile, neither write nor say anything, I avoid getting into trouble,' he says. This rigorously observed tenet has helped establish Denis as a model consort ... Lanky and white...