Word: ruthless
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...burly, cigar-smoking al-Shahwani has been in the war business most of his adult life and in the spy game for more than a decade. That's one reason he was chosen for the job: he provides the hard edge the fledgling government needs to combat elusive but ruthless enemies who seem only to get stronger. If they opt for mayhem, blood and death, then al-Shahwani is more than ready to trade fire with them. "We know how to play that game," he says. He also knows the cost of playing it: Saddam killed his three sons...
...speak of, the government is throwing al-Shahwani's agents straight into the trenches. Their prime targets are the global terrorists and foreign jihadis who take their cues from Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian acolyte of Osama bin Laden. The new government is blunt in its approach. "Be ruthless. Either they kill you or you kill them," National Security Adviser Muwaffak al-Rubaie tells TIME. "With them, there can be no mercy." Al-Rubaie thinks al-Zarqawi made a "fatal mistake" with the wave of bombings two weeks ago that killed more than 100 Iraqis in a single...
...roots are far less clear—I’m a European hodgepodge on my father’s side. But Ireland also appeals to me with its history of dance, drink and the intoxicating notion of clanship. Besides evoking memories of long ago battles and ruthless warriors, a clan name has intrinsic meaning. When someone says “O’Dea,” my ears instantly perk up and I want to explore another tie to the long-lost relation...
...collect their tickets from automated booths and, after clearing security, tag their own bags and hoist them onto conveyor belts. Then it's time to hoof onto the tarmac. Says Philippe Roy of Geneva's International Airport: "If it rains, well, it rains." It's all part of the ruthless effort to spend less. "Airport-related costs represent about 25% of our yearly operational costs," explains Elodie Gythiel, easyJet spokeswoman in France. "If we can lower these, fares should go down." While the flying public may complain about being treated like cattle, low cost is big business: in Geneva, easyJet...
...expense of his support among the rest of the council. The creation of his so-called “cabinet,” for example, helped effect Mahan’s stated goal of crafting a more professional council—but brought with it a more professional, ruthless opposition...