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...offer by moderate Chechen guerrilla leader Aslan Maskhadov (killed by Russian special forces in March) to negotiate the hostages' release. That assertion is supported by a former Russian official who was also in the Beslan command center: "Someone higher up decided: 'Why make Maskhadov a hero?'" Russian officials reject the assertion, voicing doubts that Maskhadov's offer was genuine and claiming that fighting broke out anyway before they could...
...evangelical Christian, I reject intelligent design because it is not science but bad theology. Within science, it is no crime to admit that we don't have all the answers. Within theology, however, it is a crime to use God as an excuse for our ignorance. If we don't understand how something came about in nature, then we ought to use the brains that God gave us to think about and work on the problem. Otherwise we turn God into a magic word to use whenever we can't figure things...
...probably too late. The nine-member Base Realignment and Closure Commission, which has toured the country since May to hear pleas from closing opponents in affected communities, plans to vote this week to approve or amend Rumsfeld's choices. Then Bush and Congress must accept or reject the commission's final list by late fall...
...What was deferred? Federalism has remained a roadblock and the Sunnis' red line issue. They absolutely reject the idea of "federalism"-meaning empowered regional districts similar to the Kurdish region in the north-for the Shi'ites, saying it will lead to the breakup of the country and allow Iran undue influence over the south. This issue has been pushed through over Sunni objections causing the Sunnis to threaten to veto the constitution when it comes up for an Oct. 15 referendum. It's unclear how seriously to take this threat, because the constitution can only be vetoed...
Perhaps most troubling are signs that the rising influence of Iran--a country with which Iraq waged an eight-year war and whose brand of theocracy most Iraqis reject--is exacerbating sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shi'ites, pulling Iraq closer to all-out civil war. And while top intelligence officials have sought to play down any state-sponsored role by Tehran's regime in directing violence against the coalition, the emergence of al-Sheibani has cast greater suspicion on Iran. Coalition sources told TIME that it was one of al-Sheibani's devices that killed three British soldiers...