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Another hot debate in the intelligence community is whether to make a major change in the counterinsurgency strategy--to stop the aggressive sweeps through insurgent-riddled areas, like the recent offensive in Tall 'Afar, and try to concentrate troops and resources with the aim of improving security and living conditions in population centers like Baghdad. "We've taken Samarra four times, and we've lost it four times," says an intelligence officer. "We need a new strategy...
...troops call it Route Barracuda, a patch of terrorist territory in the northern Iraqi town of Tall 'Afar, where thousands of U.S. and Iraqi forces have converged for the biggest battle in nearly a year. On this sweaty September afternoon, the neighborhood is living up to its name. A squad of U.S. commandos enters an abandoned house and clambers up to the roof. The 2-foot lip doesn't give much cover from the bullets raining down on them from insurgent gunmen firing from a building 200 yards to the north. Rounds flying at supersonic speed crack inches from...
...building itself has shortcomings. According to local residents who were involved in the negotiations with the University, the original plan called for building exclusively on the former parking lot between Grant and Cowperthwaite Streets and not the green space, and the building was not originally planned to be as tall as six stories. The present plan, however, calls for both. The current scheme poses serious risks to the safety and quality of life of local residents. Due to the narrowness of the proposed alleyway between Leverett Towers and the new building (used by pedestrians night and day), safety must...
...victim reported that she observed the man masturbating as she entered the building at approximately 12:25 p.m. She described the suspect as a six-foot-tall, thin, black male with short hair in his early...
...sneaked out in the dark. Hearing someone follow him, Chen threw handfuls of gravel in different directions to confuse his pursuer. "The night gives me an advantage," says Chen. "I can navigate better than people with sight can." With a relative as a guide, Chen fled into fields of tall corn and walked for miles before meeting a friend who drove him to safety. But when Chen reached Beijing, four officials who had come from Linyi hassled him at the railway station. When he met again with TIME last week in Beijing, Chen's hands were shaking. Three hours after...