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...Syrian President Bashar Assad.) Behind the scenes, however, the meetings provided a convenient cover for leaders of the insurgency, including Muhammad Yunis al-Ahmed, the former Military Bureau director, to meet, plan and distribute money. A senior military officer told TIME that U.S. intelligence had an informant--a mid-level Baathist official who belonged to the Dulaimi tribe--attending the meetings and keeping the Americans informed about the insurgents' growing cohesion. But the increased flow of information did not produce a coherent strategy for fighting the growing rebellion...
...Mid-way through the season, though, Irvin’s thoughts began to wander northeastwards. Keeping within NCAA regulations, he had his high school coach contact the Harvard program about transferring...
...OUTLOOK Yale’s schedule has it primed for a quick start with a trip to mid-major San Diego preceding three consecutive home dates against beatable competition. If Mroz, Knox, and Henley can mesh at the skill positions, the Bulldogs could jump out to a 4-0 mark. For Siedlecki to maintain the support of the Yale faithful, the Bulldogs have to win three out of those first four. With Lehigh, Penn, Brown, and Harvard highlighting the second half of the schedule, Yale will be lucky to break .500 this season. The Bulldogs will likely finish with...
...visit as China’s head of state. Originally, Hu was scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 7 for a summit with President George W. Bush; he would also have visited Canada and Mexico before attending the sixtieth anniversary session of the United Nations in mid-September. Now, in the face of national emergency, a meeting between the two world leaders will be confined briefly to the UN sidelines: A lengthier visit has been postponed until, perhaps, sometime next year...
...Students Taking on Poverty (STOP) Campaign hopes to raise funds for two charities and for victims of Hurricane Katrina, through efforts including a Kuumba benefit concert in mid-October and the sale of three-dollar wristbands embedded with the words “Make Poverty History...