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...regions' clouds before, during and after silver iodide "seeds" are sprayed into them from planes. Working in tandem with other ground radars and forecasting equipment, the technology will be able to take a 3-D read of the atmosphere similar to a body scan. Not only will this mean better information about when conditions are right to send the seeding planes, but they will enable scientists to "watch" how the water and ice particles in the cloud are affected by the chemical. "This has not been done in any program anywhere in the world before," Bruintjes says. "Once we know...
...list of things I expected to gain a deeper understanding of in Buenos Aires this summer, American history ranked only slightly below sane driving techniques. But as I’ve learned boldly attempting to cross streets, expectations don’t mean much in this city...
...stripped of agenda, does this curious comparison mean anything at all? Is it really possible that Chicago is more dangerous than Iraq...
...which said "Al-Qaeda will probably seek to leverage the contacts and capabilities of al-Qaeda in Iraq" to plot attacks against the U.S. homeland. Bush has turned up the volume, mentioning al-Qaeda 27 times in a speech last month. "Leaving Iraq now," Bush said recently, would mean we'd "allow the terrorists to establish a safe haven in Iraq to replace the one they lost in Afghanistan ... People aren't just going to be content with driving America out of Iraq. Al-Qaeda wants to hurt us here...
...REDEFINING SUCCESS As exhausting as the enterprise in Iraq has been for Americans, it remains merely the most urgent of a wide range of challenges to global stability. While it can only be glimpsed, an end to the debacle in Iraq does not mean an end to America's responsibilities in the world. With the U.S. drawing down, Iraq would diminish as a focal point of anti-Americanism. With most U.S. troops exiting the region, Washington would have more leverage with Iran, which has continued its march toward nuclear weapons while the U.S. has been bogged down in Iraq...