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...suspected terrorists, other World War II-era laws require police to destroy files on individuals, further complicating operations and alienating allies. "It took us over a month to get German officials to approve certain requests," says a French counterterrorism official, recalling cooperation between France and Germany in 2000 to thwart a planned attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market by a Frankfurt-based cell. "And that was only after we'd provided clear, irrefutable proof France was being targeted for attack. It's really frustrating dealing with them." Manfred Murck, deputy director of the Hamburg office of the BfV, defends...
...year after the war began, their tolerance is exhausted. The lower rungs of society are fed up with the slow pace of reconstruction and unkept U.S. promises of a better life. Suspicion is rife that America's murky plans for a political transition on June 30 will somehow thwart Shi'ite claims to a rightful share of power. On the streets in the Khadamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, al-Sadr's outspoken defiance made quiescent Shi'ites feel good. Militia guarding a Shi'ite shrine were giddy with pride in standing up to the Americans. Even those who trusted Sistani...
...future in academia and other highly motivated students, the yawning gulf between the last day of classes in December and the end of exams can be filled with sparkling original research,” Connor says. “Pushing exams back, compressing reading period and exams, etc. will thwart that kind of work, and no J-term can make up for it. I fear that we may trade seriousness—about academics, the arts and athletics—for a stress-free holiday and some smorgasbord course offerings in January...
...threat warnings during 2001 were treated as seriously as those delivered to the Clinton Administration in late 1999. In the wake of such CIA reports, the Clinton team's insistence on shaking "the agency for whatever it has," in the words of Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, helped thwart several plots set for the eve of the new millennium. Rice is prepping for her testimony by reviewing briefing books that she studied for a private session with the commission in February, and she will be peppered with mock questions from aides. Sources tell TIME that Rice plans a 20minute...
...struggle and leave it to future generations to decide whether it should ever be resumed. In one of his last public statements, recorded on the Hamas website in January, Yassin even hinted that a Gaza pullout could reopen the door to negotiations, something Hamas previously had consistently tried to thwart. "If the Zionist entity completely evacuates the Gaza Strip," he said, "we can start a new phase of calmness in order to discuss the issues of Jerusalem, the West Bank, the prisoners and the refugees"--references to the longstanding list of items that negotiations are supposed to settle. Parliamentarian...