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...question if the government had denied Sunnis the right to vote. But low Sunni turnout was hardly the work of the Iraqi government. To the contrary: the coalition authority and provisional Iraqi government did everything they could to allow and encourage Sunni participation. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers died to protect poll workers and voters in extremely dangerous places. Americans are being told that they must now reach out to Europe and bridge the transatlantic gap created by the Iraq war. If I thought that a major grovel might help get real European assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, I might favor...
...medical staff member--who habitually coated his body in fecal matter and repeatedly tried to harm himself--for instance, by banging his head against cell walls. At one point, Auch says, medics asked his advice on restraining the prisoner, reporting that they had used a helmet to protect his head and improvised padded gloves and plastic handcuffs to secure his arms. The medics wanted to know whether using a tether would be appropriate, and Auch recalls that he gave his assent, saying, "The priority is to safeguard the prisoner." A military spokesman told TIME that U.S. military personnel in Iraq...
...retire and get smaller Social Security payouts than they otherwise would receive. In the meantime, huge new borrowing would be needed to cover the gap left over by the transition. Paying back that debt would fall to the same future generations that Bush says he's trying to protect by revamping Social Security...
None of this is to say that the United States, Britain or any country should not take definite steps to protect itself from the specter of terror. But, as has been argued so frequently since the attacks on America of September 11, 2001, casting aside the very values, protections and rights that make America “great” in the name of national security ultimately causes two deleterious effects. First, it costs the U.S. credibility in a world where international opinion is already largely against U.S. policy and where, with the House of Lords rulings, there...
Among those who could have been affected by the glitch were students with “secure flags,” which mandate that their personal information be kept absolutely secret. The purpose of these flags is to protect students who have legitimate reason to fear a leak of this information—celebrities or those in political asylum, or even students fearing a stalker. Health Services’ mistake compromised the safety of these students...