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...living auteur, Scorsese finds drama in visual contrast: a door in a dark, noisy room that is kicked open to reveal a silent, snow-laden street. One amazing panorama shows men coming off a ship from Ireland, being immediately conscripted and outfitted in Northern blue, then put on a troop ship--all in a single shot that ends with a view of the troop ship's cargo: 20 coffins on the dock...
...sure, the Bush Administration loses little by indulging the UN process even as U.S. officials constantly remind the public of Washington's view that Saddam is lying and cheating. Preparations for war continue; Pentagon officials have told CNN they plan to raise troop levels around Iraq to 100,000 in January, and the U.S. is actively pursuing basing rights and commitments in the region. Britain has made plans to begin moving up to 40,000 troops to the region. Among the power players, the focus of discussion is no longer the question of whether...
...Washington to go, right now. To be sure, the Bush Administration loses little by indulging the UN process even as U.S. officials constantly remind the public of Washington's view that Saddam is lying and cheating. Preparations for war continue; Pentagon officials have told CNN they plan to raise troop levels around Iraq to 100,000 in January, and the U.S. is actively pursuing basing rights and commitments in the region. Britain has made plans to begin moving up to 40,000 troops to the region. Among the power players, the focus of discussion is no longer the question...
...Baghdad. The Europeans simply agreed to restate the existing consensus - that Iraq must comply with UN disarmament requirements, or else. That, after all, is the position codified in UN Security Council resolution 1441, which was adopted unanimously two weeks ago. The U.S. has begun sounding out European allies on troop commitments in the event that military action becomes necessary - the responses will vary, but for most of the Europeans, military aid will be conditional on the inspectors either being blocked by Iraq in the course of their work, or else turning up clear evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction...
...Taliban and al-Qaeda have no shortage of weapons; they're channeling them in from Pakistan." Afghan intelligence officials believe the Taliban and al-Qaeda have set up a network along the border of what the military calls "enablers," those who provide money, hide weapons and spy on U.S. troop movements. The Taliban, they say, have secretly re-established councils throughout most of Paktika province...