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...long as Saddam remains in power, the Kurds have international backing for their, but once he's gone, the U.S. and its allies will insist that the Kurdish enclave rejoin Iraq. None of the neighboring allies whose support Washington seeks is willing to see Iraq dismembered, and resistance is strongest from those states with their own restive Kurdish minorities. There may also be some Kurdish skepticism of a new war because of the bitter memories of 1991, when the first Bush administration urged Kurds to rise in rebellion, and then allowed them to be slaughtered by Saddam's armies...
...There are currently 10,000 U.S. troops in the country likely to be the strongest Arab supporter of any attack on Iraq, and journalists report seeing scores of battle tanks there, too. Regardless of President Bush's final intent, war talk - and preparations - have begun to dominate the politics of the Gulf and the wider Arab world, deepening tensions between governments traditionally supportive of the U.S. and their increasingly anti-American citizenry. U.S. planners will certainly take Tuesday's incident as a warning of what may lie ahead if terrorist groups - whether or not they're operationally linked with...
...facto state of their own. But once he's gone, the U.S. and its allies insist that the Kurdish enclave rejoin a post-Saddam Iraq. None of the neighboring allies on whose support Washington depends for Saddam's ouster is willing to see Iraq dismembered, with resistance strongest from those states with their own restive Kurdish minorities - Iran, Syria and, most importantly, Turkey. There may also be some Kurdish skepticism of a new war because of the bitter memories of 1991, when the first Bush administration urged Kurds to rise in rebellion, and then allowed them to be slaughtered...
...Princeton Alumni Weekly last February, Tilghman wrote an article defending Princeton’s adherence to early decision. “The ultimate test of any admission process for Princeton is whether it is fair and equitable to our applicants and whether it allows the University to enroll the strongest possible class,” she wrote. “In our experience, a carefully administered early decision program meets this test...
Rodrik says development studies at Harvard will remain among the strongest in the nation with or without CID’s support...