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...president of the Harvard College Democrats, spoke next, calling the war a “false war, supported by false evidence, and false intelligence.” He asked, “Are we better off because of it? Has the war in Iraq made the world any safer?”Several members of the local community also participated in the rally. Michael I. Borkson, a Boston resident who said he has been an anti-war activist since the 1970s, said he was excited to see Harvard students “using the skills they learn in college...
...long time there were portions of the country that you could not go to at all unless you were embedded with the U.S. military,” Paley said. “Not because the military is purposefully restricting access. It’s just much safer...
Some people read tea-leaves; I read aircraft. Looking out from the passenger lounge in Amman, Jordan, I see that we'll be flying into Baghdad on an Airbus A320. For an old Iraq hand, that's a sign that Iraqi capital is safer than it has been in years...
...walk. Moreover, it’s important to recognize that these animals are forced to suffer for their entire lifetime in filthy, crowded conditions. As privileged, educated individuals we must make choices which reject industries based on the mass slaughter of billions of sentient beings every year. When safer, more compassionate choices exist for food, why would we choose any other option...
...sending the rest on long caravans to distant markets for sale. One by one, over grievances large and small, 20 villagers were killed. On donkey and on foot, the besieged inhabitants stole away in the nights, making the arduous trip across the rock-strewn landscape in search of a safer place. "At times like this, a family has lost all of its resources," says Ahmed, a tribal elder. "This is what happens," he says, and with a sweep of his hands takes in the squalid campsite near the camel-trading town of Kebkabiya...