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...what should be done? In the U.S., Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have called for sending some of the troops they hope to pull out of Iraq to Afghanistan instead. But that's a misguided strategy. The raid on Dadullah took place in the same area where a U.S. air strike had killed at least 21 Afghan civilians earlier in the week. Since the beginning of March, more than 130 Afghan civilians have been killed by U.S. and NATO forces. Even among those predisposed to support the West, the mounting loss of life is engendering anger that...
...THINK IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT POLITICALLY FOR PRESIDENT BUSH TO PULL BACK FROM WAR? I'm not so sure about that. He would have two advantages if he brought his soldiers back. I'm talking about a situation, obviously, where the inspectors say now there's nothing left, and that will take a certain number of weeks. If Iraq doesn't cooperate and the inspectors say this isn't working, it could be war. If Iraq is stripped of its weapons of mass destruction and that's been verified by the inspectors, then Mr. Bush can say two things...
...only beat BU by a little in dual racing so I think we knew they would be the crew to beat,” coxswain Kelly Evans said. “We were one seat down at the start, were even at the 1000, and started to pull ahead and were bow to stern at 500 to go, though I think they came back...
...What prosecutors are left with, then, is an underwhelming case involving cryptic evidence of a murder and terrorist conspiracy that lacks names, places or pretty much any other specifics. Even if they manage to pull off a conviction, we still won't know whether Padilla really was the Dirty Bomber. And if they don't? The government has the option of reclassifying him as an enemy combatant, which, believe it or not, could start the process all over again...
...Gordon Brown: That's not my aim, actually. You cannot do what people assume politics was about in the old days; you cannot just pull levers and expect things to happen. I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support...