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...reach a verdict of death ... remember that I am a military man and should be killed by firing squad and not by hanging as a common criminal." SADDAM HUSSEIN, former ruler of Iraq, requesting his method of execution during his trial for crimes against humanity. The court is expected to deliver a verdict in October...
...Shannon Airport in February 2003; in Dublin. While the five antiwar activists admitted to causing $2.5 million of damage by attacking the plane with hammers and an axe, they said they were acting to protect lives and property in Iraq. The jury took less than five hours to reach a unanimous decision, an outcome the U.S. embassy plans to discuss with the Irish government...
Religious beliefs then differ from other beliefs in two ways: in degree and reach. They are more intense and more likely to demonize the opposition. When one side claims to have God on its side, it is easy to infer that the Devil is on the other...
...combination of intensity and reach make religion in America fundamentally different from other special interests...
...resistance to that call, on the grounds that it would simply restore the previous status quo - is leaving Washington more isolated than it would prefer to be. The final statement of the Rome meeting tried to paper over the differences with a pledge to "work immediately to reach with the utmost urgency a cease-fire." But it also included wording pushed by the U.S. that such a cease-fire "must be lasting, permanent and sustainable." Plainly, however, there was little support for the U.S. preference for a delay to allow Israel to pursue its objective of militarily "defanging" Hizballah...