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...weeks, and while it heralds remarkable progress in the coalition's fight against the insurgency in the south, it also indicates an alarming spike in civilian casualties that many in this battle torn nation are calling unacceptable. President Karzai, in a vehement denunciation of the mounting civilian death toll, lambasted the international troops at a press conference Saturday, saying that this latest incident was yet another example of foreign troops using disproportionate force...
...already be too late. The Taliban have successfully utilized the increasing civilian death toll as yet another reason why Afghans should hate the infidel invaders, as they call the foreign troops. Meanwhile NATO and Coalition forces can do little more than apologize and order investigations. Those apologies, combined with mounting frustration amongst Afghans who see little of the development projects promised when the international community first arrived after the fall of the Taliban, are starting to wear thin...
...those of Hamas. On Thursday, the Fatah militias rounded up 30 Hamas cadres in the West Bank, and more arrests were expected throughout the night. But these measures are unlikely to ease Hamas' grip on Gaza. In Thursday's fighting in Gaza, over 20 Palestinians were killed, bringing the toll of the four-day civil war to over 90 dead...
...tech-obsessed 1990s, plenty of other banks tried to woo customers to the Web, but ING Direct stood out with its cheeky and pervasive marketing ("Money doesn't grow on fees," says one orange-colored ad) and commitment to customer service. When customers call the toll-free number, a person--an actual person in Los Angeles, Minnesota or Delaware, not an automated menu, not an operator halfway around the world--picks up the phone...
...increasingly sophisticated and tenacious enemy - and may even put Americans at greater risk. A TIME investigation reveals that militant groups have responded to the U.S. surge with a big push of their own, unleashing a flurry of new or rarely used tactics and innovations designed to maximize the death toll. Their most potent weapons are the roadside bombs being fashioned by men like Abdallah, which now account for roughly 80% of U.S. deaths, up from 50% at the start of the year. "People are calling me all the time, asking for new ways to ..." Abdallah says, pressing down his right...