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...provincial officials describe the Shi'ites in Baghdad was indicative of a deep-seated lack of trust. And the fact that the violence has lessened and that AQI [Al-Qaeda in Iraq] really has been routed does not answer the larger possibility of a return to sectarian violence unless that trust issue is resolved...
...liner who in the past has always assumed the worst about Soviet intentions. Nitze, on the other hand, argued that the U.S. cannot afford to hope that the Soviets will in effect say ''uncle.'' Nitze stressed, as he has on earlier occasions, that the U.S. should not deploy SDI unless it is ''survivable.'' It cannot be so vulnerable that the Soviets would be tempted to shoot it down. And it must be ''cost-effective at the margin.'' This means that once SDI is deployed, it must not be cheaper for the Soviets to add new offensive weapons than...
...group of Commonwealth statesmen were holding a press conference in London to release a / report that denounces the South African government for blocking negotiations with the country's black leaders, especially the jailed Nelson Mandela. The so-called Eminent Persons Group that drew up the report warned that unless the Commonwealth nations take strong new measures to force the South African government to change its policies, there ''could be the worst bloodbath since the Second World War.'' The immediate justification for the new state of emergency was the preparation for a series of strikes, demonstrations and vigils by antiapartheid groups...
...Among the events that have raised the stakes for SDI is a barrage of assaults on the arms-control environment from which it emerged. Reagan has announced plans to jettison the limits on offensive weapons in the unratified 1979 SALT II agreement unless the Soviets are more forthcoming on new arms-control initiatives, and last week he awkwardly tried to explain what this posture really means. His Administration is split on how to apply the 1972 ABM treaty, which limits development of antimissile systems, but Pentagon hawks have gone a long way toward undermining any restraints the treaty might place...
...inspire the same cue-the-menacing-cello-music terror that killer sharks off America's beaches might, but Pelagia noctiluca has vacationers along France's Cote D'Azur wondering whether it's really safe to go back in the water. And the discomforting answer is, Probably not - unless you happen to be a big fan of jellyfish stings...