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...quickly as possible so they can get on with other business. Victims are viewed as symbols of a nation's loss following attacks, but are soon dismissed as complicated and expensive to deal with. In the U.S., victims defend themselves in the courts using enormous punitive damages as a weapon. In France, courts provide victims only legal justice; the monetary assistance we get from the state is limited, and never assured...
...example of an unbalanced approach to national security (Real World, “Government Announces $159B Deficit,” Oct.25), last Wednesday President Bush signed into law the largest military budget increase in two decades, authorizing $355.5 billion to give the Pentagon “every resource, every weapon, and every tool they need.” Instead of working out problems that will flare up into national security threats later on, we are overspending and indulging our military in the hopes that we can stave off these threats as they develop. Such an approach will perpetuate the need...
Kanan M. Makiya, an associate of Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, started and currently heads the project, which collects and analyzes Iraqi government records that document human rights violations, mass murder and chemical weapon usage...
...search of the pair's car yielded a Bushmaster .223 rifle, a tripod and a viewfinder; Montgomery county police say ballistic tests confirm this is the weapon used in at least 11 of the 14 shootings. While Muhammad didn't have sniper training during his stint in the army, Military officials say he qualified as "expert" with the M-16 rifle. Prosecutors will discuss sniper charges at a meeting today
John Allen Muhammad - or Williams, as he was known during his 17 years in the military - was no standout soldier, nor a trained sniper. But he was a crack shot. After a day in which Montgomery County Police determined that a rifle found in Muhammad's car was the weapon used in 11 out of 14 sniper shootings that have terrorized the Washington, D.C. area over the past month, a source close to the Maryland investigation offered TIME some insights into the suspect's military career...