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...member Iraq Survey Group has found no actual prohibited weapons in Iraq, he has told U.S. legislators. Instead, he's expected to offer evidence in support of the argument that whether or not Saddam had actual weapons of mass destruction, he retained the capability and intent to restart his programs once freed of the shackles and scrutiny of the UN sanctions program. One senior U.S. official told the Financial Times, "They won't find weapons but that was never the issue. It's the ability to produce it once he was free of constraints...
...bite-size chunks that the system can handle. As they build more and more islands, they can start to string them together, but try to move too fast, and the whole thing goes dark again. Nuclear-power plants usually take at least 24 hours to restart...
...alternative is awful: not just that North Korea might one day threaten the U.S. directly but also that the cash-strapped regime in Pyongyang could decide to sell its nuclear material to other rogue states or to terrorists. Last week Chinese diplomats shuttled between Pyongyang and Washington trying to restart talks among the U.S., China and North Korea, but internal divisions between hard-liners and moderates in all three capitals are stalling progress...
...ownership question, although not for another couple of years at the earliest. The federal judge in the New Jersey case is expected to rule much sooner, probably in early fall, whether to admit Principe's suit. And it's possible that the government will try to restart the settlement talks that broke down last year. In the meantime, on the spot in Leipziger Platz where Berliners once flocked to buy their hats, silverware and sausage, the weeds continue to grow...
...Sadr's supporters have enraged Sunni clerics by laying claim to their mosques in the predominantly Shiite south. Keeping the Shiites off the battlefield will be a key dimension of U.S. efforts to stabilize Iraq. And also a long-term counterinsurgency program and billions of dollars of aid to restart economic life and undermine resistance among the Sunnis. As the Pentagon's new deployment schedule suggests, this may still take years...