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...paper, not wearing the glasses he was seen in during his previous TV address. There were only a few sentences written on each piece of paper, and he turned through them quickly. He read his statement in his familiar throaty monotone, occasionally raising his voice but otherwise showing little overt emotion including anger. He looked much more composed, exhibiting his customary defiant confidence in comparison to the shaken figure seen in the broadcast last Thursday...
...choice” to kill the most innocent and vulnerable of all victims: children. Harvard-Radcliffe Students For Choice President Abigail L. Fee ’05 laments that “the current administration is surreptitiously attacking our reproductive rights instead of launching an overt campaign” and that “we could wake up to find that our reproductive freedoms have been snatched away” (Op-Ed, “Speak...
...also forces teachers to tell their students that “sexual activity outside the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical side effects.” Unlike in the 60s, the current administration is surreptitiously attacking our reproductive rights instead of launching an overt campaign. If we are not vigilant, we could wake up to find that our reproductive freedoms have been snatched away...
...suspected Iraqi intelligence officers in the US, according to government sources. They're also quietly keeping looser tabs on as many as 1,000 Iraqi nationals considered "persons of interest" because they are suspected to be fervent Saddam partisans. These covert monitoring programs, along with a recently disclosed overt FBI effort to interview about 50,000 Iraqi emigres scattered around the US, are aimed at spotting early warning signs that the Baghdad regime is attempting to organize terrorist attacks on US soil...
...President Bush moves closer to war in Iraq, the FBI is preparing for an escalating threat of terror from both Iraqi operatives and other groups, Anticipating both direct retaliation by Iraqis and sympathy strikes by radical jihadists, the bureau is expanding its presence in ?migr? communities in both overt and covert ways. Agents are contacting legal immigrants in the hope that they will advise the bureau if they see evidence of terrorist activity. The FBI is also urging Iraqis in the U.S. to call the bureau if they are in touch with friends and relatives back home who want...