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...warned at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that the sectarian violence between Iraq's Shia and Sunnis has gotten so out of hand it "now presents the greatest immediate threat to Iraq's stability and future." And the Pentagon's top spy, Defense Intelligence Agency director Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, testified with Hayden and was equally downbeat. "Although a significant breakdown of central authority has not occurred, Iraq has moved closer to this possibility," Maples said...
...Marines who were on the ground in Haditha that day, they too will soon learn what charges they might face. Military sources say Lt. General James Mattis, the senior officer responsible for deciding whether to press charges and the punishments if the Marines are found guilty, will make his recommendations in mid-December. Three Marines, including Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, may be charged with murder for their actions in Haditha after their squadmate, Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas, was killed by an IED in the early morning of that fateful day. The Marines on the ground are alleged to have retaliated...
...Marine spokesman would not comment about the invesitgations or when they might end. "The investigation is ongoing... as soon as the facts are known and decisions on future actions are made, we will make that information available to the public to the fullest extent allowable," says Lt. Col. Sean Gibson...
Deval L. Patrick ’78 handily defeated Lt. Gov. Kerry M. Healey ’82 yesterday, reclaiming the Massachusetts governorship for Democrats after 16 years of Republican administrations. Patrick will be the first black governor of Massachusetts and the only black governor in the nation...
...Patrick, an African American, defeated Lt. Governor Kerry Healey in a fierce and ugly race in the Bay State, and Strickland, a longtime congressman, defeated Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, whose campaign was plagued by statewide G.O.P. scandals. Spitzer easily bested John Faso in New York State. The Republicans could point to victories in a few key states, including California, Texas and Florida...