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...plaything was a live cluster submunition, the lethal leftover sprinkled by U.S. warplanes and artillery. The Americans dropped some 1,500 cluster bombs, which are continuing their deadly work among innocents all over Iraq. Unlike GPS-or laser-guided "smart" bombs delivered to, say, a tank or other specific target, cluster bombs come packaged in warheads that split in midair and rain as many as hundreds of grenade-like bomblets. They are effective against dispersed troops, but the bomblets generally cannot be targeted individually. And not all the devices explode on impact. Some remain, like leftover land mines...
...recalling the 1945 cover of Hitler with an X across his face, you said, "But like Hitler, Saddam became the target of a U.S.-led war" [TO OUR READERS, April 21]. I have the distinct memory that Britain was in the vanguard of the Second World War for several years before the U.S. entered the struggle. Perhaps this was a classic example of leading from behind? JOHN CARR Swansea, Wales...
Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz must have privately cheered last week after the U.S. announced that thousands of its troops stationed in his country would soon be gone. Their posting has long been a prickly political matter for the Saudis and has provided a fat target for al-Qaeda's propaganda. Osama bin Laden considered the foreign military presence sacrilegious and made the removal of U.S. soldiers a central objective of his holy war against the West...
Congress and the White House, already working to reform the nation's failing schools, are training their sights on a loftier target: the ivory tower. That's because the Higher Education Act, which governs most federal student-aid programs, is up for renewal. With that in mind, congressional Republicans are considering amending the law to increase accountability of colleges. One proposal under discussion would mandate that students show improvement on standardized exams, much as the No Child Left Behind Act does for elementary and middle school students...
...hurt. But today the U.S. war on terror has turned global, and no one, not even a linchpin in that war, is exempt. The message inherent in the post-9/11 invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq is not lost on Islamabad: the U.S. is ready and willing to target its enemies on their home turf. The legitimacy of national boundaries does not provide the comfort of a safe haven...