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...knew I was determined to pursue a career in finance, so OCS did nothing to sway me from that,” Murstein says. But, “as far as encouraging me toward that, not really. They were not there for directional purposes, in terms of future desires, they were more for logistical purposes. They helped me with a lot of stuff, like with the physical application process...
...still characterizes the insurgency as a loosely organized network that includes former members of the Baath ruling party, homegrown jihadis and foreign terrorists. But interviews with insurgents and materials obtained by TIME suggest that the most active and violent elements of the insurgency now come under the sway of al-Zarqawi and his allies. A series of audiocassettes obtained by TIME provides rare insight into their mind-set. In hours of sermons and "seminars," as they are called, leaders of Attawhid wal Jihad exhort their rank and file to slaughter Iraqis cooperating with the U.S. and the interim government...
...Kremlin. Under Putin's plan, the 89 regional governors will henceforth be appointed, not elected. Russia's parliament, the Duma, will be elected only from party lists, not from constituencies. As most parties represented in the Duma today are pro-government, this increases even further the Kremlin's sway over the lower house. Putin claims the changes are necessary to strengthen security in the wake of Beslan, but Kremlin watchers say the plan had been in the works for months...
...democracy camp picked up three additional seats and 58% of the popular vote. But given the peculiar way in which Legco is constituted?with some seats reserved for professional groups?the democrats' success did not translate into a majority in the chamber, where pro-government forces continue to hold sway. "These results are much better than we expected," says Fei Fih, a Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress in Beijing. "But," she admitted, "it will be more difficult for the government...
...Fallujah right now, the criminals are in control. Since April, when U.S. Marines pulled back from a planned assault to seize the city, which lies 35 miles west of Baghdad, Fallujah has fallen under the sway of an assortment of hard-line insurgents--including, the U.S. believes, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's chief operative in Iraq. The U.S. has tried to find Iraqis willing to root out the militants who are imposing Taliban-style rule in the city, bringing miscreants before a strict Islamic court. The Fallujah Brigade, a group of former Baathist officers whom the Marines armed...