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...Honoring that commitment has been made easier for al-Maliki by the restraint shown by the Shi'ite militias over the past month. U.S. military commanders say the Shi'ite death squads have largely gone to ground during Operation Imposing Law. U.S. military officials also believe Muqtada al-Sadr, the rabble-rousing militant who is also a crucial political ally of al-Maliki, has gone to ground in Iran during the first weeks of the surge. And there were no major confrontations even when U.S. and Iraqi forces entered the militia stronghold of Sadr City...
...restraint, however, has provided an opening for Sunni suicide bombers, say American commanders. A rash of car bombings against Shi'ite markets and neighborhoods over the past month has gone largely unanswered. Until now. Recent police reports indicate that the restraint of the Shi'ite death squads is coming to an end. Over 30 bodies were found shot execution-style in Baghdad on Monday, most thought to be reprisals carried out by Shi'ite militias...
...credit, Harvard has maintained an admirable policy with regards to music-sharing networks. Although it complies with RIAA legal requests, Harvard does not actively police its network. To invade even the digital affairs of students represents a breach of rights to privacy, and Harvard has practiced commendable restraint in that regard. An increase in such inspection would represent a threat to the trust and respect between University administrators and the student body. Of course, the college need not be complicit in the purported crimes of its students. Regardless of pressure from the RIAA, it is not the task...
...increase in pressure on Tehran "is incremental, ... it's a tough resolution." And the best thing about it, he says, is the steps it takes against the Revolutionary Guard. Stopping short of the travel ban preferred by the U.S., the draft calls on nations to "exercise vigilance and restraint" in allowing certain Iranians across their borders, and to alert a special committee of Security Council when they do so. An annex to the resolution specifically designates seven top officers of the IRGC to be treated in this way. It also singles out three IRGC-run aeronautics companies, on the basis...
...unable to convince the Security Council powers to support an embargo on conventional weapons sales to Iran, although it calls for "vigilance and restraint" on the sale of heavy weapons. Russia and China have continued to supply the Iranian military despite U.S. objections, most recently in January when Moscow completed delivery of 29 TOR-M1 anti-aircraft rocket systems to Tehran at a cost of some $700 million...