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...regime-change" as the solution, which is why the Bush Administration found it necessary to take the matter back to the UN. The logic: If Saddam remained in breach of Security Council resolutions, the international community would have no choice but to authorize an invasion to enforce its own writ. UN authorization would also create essential political cover for some skeptical allies to sign on for an invasion. That meant the starting point was to send UN arms inspectors back to ascertain whether Iraq has indeed continued to develop weapons of mass destruction. While that point is broadly agreed...
...observer of human nature, and keen appraiser of ethics and morality...'The Little Friend' flowers with emotional insight, a gift for comedy and a sure sense of pacing. Wisely, this novel eschews a feel-good resolution. What it does provide is an immensely satisfying reading experience. FORECAST: Bestsellerdom is writ large for this novel, sure to be greeted with rave reviews. The soft-spoken, diminutive Tartt, who looks more like a Southern belle than a writer with a dark imagination, should be an asset on talk shows." 300,000 first printing...
...which is as early as the logistics of moving U.S. armed forces into the region will permit - he has only a matter of weeks to secure the requisite political decisions. And the Iraqi dictator is doing his best to slow things down, proclaiming his intention to abide by UN writ in order to deny the U.S. a "trigger...
...Bush's repeated references to the credibility of the UN being on the line were clearly aimed at shaming the international body into enforcing its own writ. But that goal may be beyond the reach of an administration openly disdainful of international consensus on so many other issues. The administration's stance on issues ranging from the Kyoto protocol to the International Criminal Court have led even NATO allies to view the Bush Administration as a delinquent global citizen, and pro-Western Arab governments make the argument that when the unconventionally-armed country defying U.N. resolutions is Israel...
...situations like this. It's called habeas corpus, and it's designed to force the government to bring a prisoner before a judge; the prosecution must make the case for holding the prisoner or let him go. On June 12, Newman submitted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to Judge Mukasey, and that day he appointed a co-counsel to help Newman handle the workload: Andrew Patel, 50, a genial veteran with a hearty laugh who is no stranger to controversial clients. In 1997 he defended El Sayyid Nosair, a convicted assassin suspected of masterminding the 1993 World...