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...regional proxy Jemaah Islamiah. "Why should the Philippines absorb the enemies of other countries?" asks former Senator Raul Roco, who is running for President. "We have enough problems." If soldiers and civilians from the continent continue to be targeted in Iraq, more people will begin to wonder if this mission is worth the price in Asian blood...
...CONFIRMED. WRECKAGE OF A LOCKHEED LIGHTNING P-38 submerged in coastal waters near Marseilles, France, as the aircraft flown by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry when he vanished during a solo spy mission in World War II; in Marseilles. The fate of Saint-Exupéry, a well-known pilot and writer of the best-selling books Wind, Sand and Stars and The Little Prince, has been one of aviation's great mysteries since he disappeared on July 31, 1944, after being sent to observe German troop movements. A serial number found on a fragment...
...went from a humanitarian mission to combat. It's just amazing that the kids I talked with two, three days ago are the same ones that are throwing the rocks at us as hard as they can." 1st Lieut. DAVE SWANSON, a U.S. soldier, on the recent surge of Shi'ite resistance to U.S. forces in Iraq...
...rejection. This past February, nearly 50 students applied to spend Spring Break rolling up their shirtsleeves rather than pulling out their bikinis. Instead of jetting off to exotic locales, applicants to the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) service trips hoped to spend their break performing meaningful community service. Although the mission statement of PBHA—the umbrella organization supervising ASB—includes a clause on promoting “social awareness and community involvement at Harvard and beyond,” multiple students were rejected from the program. The ASB trip to New York City—which involved...
...weeks ago, but a forceful public denunciation would mean more. Intense international pressure may yet persuade the Sudanese government to call off its deadly campaign. Regardless, Power asserts that ten thousand peacekeepers are needed in Darfur to secure the situation. Khartoum would first have to agree to such a mission, a concession that would require additional U.S. leverage. For example, we could threaten to extend sanctions that we are already imposing on Sudan as punishment for their terrorist connections...