Fighting unseen enemy creates psychological pressure on troops
Knight Ridder NewspapersAug 29
The inability of U.S. forces to hold ground in Anbar province in western Iraq, and the cat and mouse chase that ensues, has put the Marines and soldiers there under intense physical and psychological pressure.

The sun raises temperatures to 115 degrees most days, insurgents stage ambushes daily then melt into the civilian population and American troops in Anbar find themselves in a house of mirrors in which they don't speak the language and can't tell friend from foe.

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The Perfect Storm
Strike The RootAug 29
Everything seems to be coming along quite nicely.

Iraq is now a civil war, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) is as good as over, New Orleans is about to be hit with a Category 5 hurricane, Louisiana and Mississippi were declared disaster areas in advance of the storm, and FEMA is on full alert. Even the Red Cross is leaving town.

The national housing bubble is deflating, the dollar continues its slide, interest rates are headed up, oil prices are... (more)
Russian Officials Split on Reasons for Detention of U.S. Senators
MosNewsAug 29
Officials have given controversial explanations for the recent plane delay that held up two U.S. senators at a Russian airport. The aircraft was delayed in Perm because the local airport does not service flights under the international Open-Skies Agreement, the Russian Federal Security Service said.

Another report, however, says the senators were detained after they refused to obey border guards’ demands, RIA Novosti reported Monday.

Later in the day the Forei... (more)
8 years in a Louisiana jail, but he never went to trial
USA TodayAug 29
When he was charged with murder in 1996, James Thomas, an impoverished day laborer in Baton Rouge, became like many other criminal defendants: With no money to hire a lawyer, he had to rely on the government to provide him with one.

He then spent the next 8½ years in jail, waiting for his case to go to trial. It never did.

Last spring, a Louisiana state appeals court ruled that prosecutors had waited too long to try him, and it threw the charge out. By then, ... (more)
School gives pupils f-word limit
BBCAug 29
Pupils are being allowed to swear at one Northamptonshire secondary school - as long as they limit their use of bad language to five times a lesson.

A tally of how many times the f-word is used will be kept on the board.

Parents of children at the Weavers School in Wellingborough were told of the new policy in a letter, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

The policy, which comes into effect when term starts next week, has been condemned by parent... (more)
Taft joked about Noe, rare coins at roast; '04 speech did not mention BWC fund
Toledo BladeAug 29
At a 2004 roast of Tom Noe, Gov. Bob Taft talked about rare coins and giving money to the Toledo-area coin dealer, but he did not make a direct reference to the $50 million rare-coin investment that now, a year later, has enveloped his administration in scandal.

Mr. Noe's penchant for fine wine was so well-known it was an opening joke in Mr. Taft's roast of him, a speech delivered with razzes about golf, Mr. Noe's waistline, his status as a college dropout, and his "100-room mansi... (more)

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