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...identity of its sponsors, Ansar has proved to be a major headache for the local authorities - the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which runs the eastern section of the Kurdish region protected by the Anglo-American "no-fly" zone. For the past year, Ansar fighters have periodically attacked and overrun PUK positions, slaughtering everyone they find and videotaping the carnage for distribution as propaganda - the tapes have depicted prisoners being decapitated or burned alive...
...Will freshmen overrun the dining halls, or will they unreasonably attach themselves to the social life of a House?” Lewis wrote...
Attempting to use chemical and biological weapons is one thing; successfully delivering them is another. Iraq will probably tip short-range missiles and artillery shells with deadly substances and lob them against invading U.S. forces. But American front-line troops, inoculated and wearing heavy protective gear, will probably overrun Iraqi positions quickly, thus limiting the potential for large casualties. The Iraqis may instead try to target less protected U.S. bases and Israeli cities with longer-range missiles, but that may not work any better. Military experts say Iraq's warheads are not advanced enough to disseminate their payload before impact...
...Turnpike’s decision to auction off the heavily encumbered land comes in the midst of a $2.2 billion cost overrun on their Central Artery/Tunnel Project, the centerpiece of the city’s Big Dig and the largest highway construction project in American history...
...College’s policy particularly cumbersome. Hillel, the Islamic Society and the Catholic Students Association, for example, all meet the non-discrimination requirement, as do non-religious identity groups like the Black Students Association and the Radcliffe Union of Students. None of these groups has been overrun by outsiders seeking to commandeer the organizations, the risk HRCF claims it would run were it to allow non-Christians to hold office...