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...everyone agrees with those claims. Pentagon officials recently told Congress that many Iraqi units are operating at only partial strength and that their numbers dwindle with each successive rotation through Baghdad. And while sectarian violence is lower than it was before the surge, there has been a spike upward lately. U.S. casualties, meanwhile, are rising. And there is widespread agreement that other Iraqi security forces, notably the police, are infiltrated by insurgents...
...find a way around jamming signals. He invites the four people in the room to try to use their cell phones; none of us can get a signal. "I've jammed you all," he says, tapping the black device. But his own phone, a cheap Nokia, shows a full-strength signal. "I made a few small changes inside," he says, holding up the phone and grinning triumphantly. "It took me just one day to figure it out." It is grim evidence of the perils facing the U.S. in Iraq that men like Abdallah can still make killing Americans look easy...
...Australia, where I met an enthusiastic band of young Indians whose nationalism was intense. Yet with all their enthusiasm, you could detect the frustrations of lagging behind because of lack of progress in social reform. Sloganeering and rhetoric are just that. I hope that young Indians find the strength to correct the country's deficiencies and make it truly great. Subhash Suthar, Sittingbourne, England...
...Australia, where I met an enthusiastic band of young Indians whose nationalism was intense. Yet with all their enthusiasm, you could detect the frustrations of lagging behind because of lack of progress in social reform. Sloganeering and rhetoric are just that. I hope that young Indians find the strength to correct the country's deficiencies and make it truly great. Subhash Suthar, SITTINGBOURNE, ENGLAND...
...fact grown, thanks in large part to hardworking migrants, not just from Mexico but from more than 20 other countries. The business seems robust for the time being. The workforce is unionized again. Salaries are creeping up. A new Wal-Mart Supercenter is on the way. Cargill's strength has turned Beardstown into, if not a boomtown, at least a place that investors are paying attention to. And the town is leading its pitch with the fact that it has a large Hispanic workforce, a bellwether for economic growth. "That's all I need to tell them," says Steve Twaddle...