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...Ambassador Ryan Crocker, representing the U.S. in the talks called by the Iraqi government, complained that the Iranians continue to support Shi'ite militants engaged in sectarian and anti-U.S. violence in Iraq - and charged that such activity had actually escalated since the previous meeting between the two sides in Baghdad, eight weeks ago. His Iranian counterpart, Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, reportedly dismissed the U.S. complaints and said they were not backed by any proof. He blamed the security crisis in Iraq on the presence of "foreign forces," and also demanded the release of Iranian personnel being held there...
...Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker today echoed the concerns after meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Baghdad. "The fact is, and we made it very clear in today's talks, that over roughly two months we have actually seen militia- related activities that can be attributed to Iranian support go up and not down," Crocker said after talks with Iranian ambassador Hassan Kazemi-Qomi on security issues in Iraq. Iran has consistently denied accusations of training and arming militants in Iraq...
McLoughlin and UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 did not offer strong sentiments as to whether they believed fewer students would opt-out of the fee as a result of the new policy. McLoughlin reported that 205 people had elected to forgo the fee as of Wednesday...
...former players on the Harvard men’s hockey team, Ryan Maki ’07 and Dov Grumet-Morris ’05, each signed contracts with the Nashville Predators last week, bringing them that much closer to their ultimate goals of careers in the National Hockey League...
...being devised by the Petraeus staff. But Bush is a stubborn man. He doesn't want to appear to be forced into a draw-down, and especially not by members of his own party. He wants to be able to make his announcement after Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testify in September to the positive al-Qaeda developments. "We could actually use the announcement of a long draw-down," an Administration official told me. "Something that won't seem like we're cutting and running but will let the Iraqis know that we're leaving and they have...