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...could prove a costly one. In human terms alone, the price was high. Local reports say 18 people, mostly women and children, were killed by the CIA-directed missile strike on the village of Damadola, close to Pakistan's northwest border. U.S. officials say al-Zawahiri was the intended target...
...people can be killed for trinkets, the astronomical U.S. bounty on Zawahiri - plus whatever the CIA is offering from its discretionary slush fund - has no doubt inspired countless bounty hunters and snitches peddling dubious information. It's too soon to say whether the tip that caused the U.S. to target a benighted village in northwest Pakistan was real or just another false lead. In fact, the identities of those who died in the strike may never be established to the satisfaction of the U.S., given the difficulties of obtaining unbiased witness accounts and the even more formidable obstacles to recovering...
...Democrats. Advocacy groups opposed to Alito began criticizing the performance of the Democratic Senators in the hallways. And even Democrats publicly concede their side failed to mount an effective attack on the judge. "It was a missed opportunity," says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. This morning, Democratic attempts to target Alito's positions on abortion and civil rights got no more traction than before, and even Alito's concession that justices need "the ability to revisit" controversial cases, like Roe v. Wade, failed to provide usable ammunition for his opponents...
...Democrats are expected to ask for a delay in the Judiciary Committee's vote on the nomination, scheduled for next week, putting off a full floor debate in the Senate until the week of January 23rd. That will give advocacy groups time to target Alito with ads. It will also put the confirmation vote closer to President Bush's State of the Union address Jan. 31, something Democrats would have preferred to avoid. The best the Democrats can say about the hearings now is that they're glad so few Americans were paying attention...
...Union team on Friday night at the Messa Rink. Although the Crimson fared well on faceoffs, winning 59 percent of them, that success seemed to be the only positive note on a dismal night for the Harvard attack. In the opening period, the Crimson fired only four shots on target and failed to get the puck on net in 51 seconds of man-advantage play. The pattern would continue for the rest of the game, as Harvard generated just 26 shots against the Dutchmen (10-8-4, 3-3-2), registering only two shots in four power-play opportunities...