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...free from the despotic rule of Saddam Hussein, their country is in a state of turmoil. Occupation has failed to provide any sort of security and is probably doing more harm than good. As a result of the presence of American troops, the country has become a magnet for terrorist groups which have been carrying out deadly attacks on civilians. The American corporations with contracts in Iraq have also failed to improve the state of the economy or rebuild the infrastructure. And in the gravest of Iraq’s losses, an estimated 20,000 Iraqi civilians...
...part, Bush boasts that nearly two-thirds of al-Qaeda's leaders have been captured or killed. Kerry frets about Iraq's turning into a quagmire for U.S. soldiers and "a major magnet" for terrorists. Bush argues that because we're fighting terrorists over there, we don't have to fight them here at home. Bush and Kerry even argue over the very nature of the war on terrorism. The Democrats, Bush says in his speeches, "view terrorism more as a crime, a problem to be solved with law enforcement and indictments...After the chaos and carnage of September...
...When his driver arrived at his home, Dhahir spotted something dark and rectangular, the size of a brick, on the driver's door. It turned out to be 2 lbs. of plastic explosives wired to a 9-volt battery and stuck to the driver's door with a strong magnet. It would have detonated by remote control or when the car radio was switched on. Dhahir called in two police officers to dismantle the bomb. Why does he keep at his job? "I don't think about the danger," Dhahir says later, back in his police pickup...
They were not difficult to find. Students immediately began to call Aron's psychology lab to volunteer. Mashek weeded out those who had metal in their heads (such as lip, tongue or nose jewelry or braces on their teeth) that would affect the magnet in the fMRI machine. She also excluded those who were claustrophobic, those taking medication that could affect brain physiology, and men and women who were left-handed. Brain organization can vary with handedness, and we needed to standardize our sample as much as possible...
That so many Africans risk so much to reach European shores proves how strong a magnet the Continent is to people in the developing world. But the magnet is unwilling: though Europeans are regularly horrified by tales of yet more drowned or suffocated would-be immigrants, that doesn't mean they are rejoicing when the immigrants make it. The irony is that in the long run, Europe needs immigrant workers to counter its low birthrates, keep its economy primed and help defuse its looming pension crisis. But most Europeans haven't yet meshed the need for immigrants with a willingness...