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Another editorial berates President Clinton for foreclosing the ground troop option, thus goading Slobodan Milosevic into further obstinacy and tying NATO's hands.
Starbucks and NikeTown may make irresistible targets for the anti-WTO protesters who have been tying up, and tearing up, Seattle.
This aspect of KSM's account is not credible, as it conflicts not just with Murad's confession but also with physical evidence tying Murad to the very core of the plot, and with KSM's own statements elsewhere that Murad was involved in planning and executing the operation.
This ties Bjorn Borg's record for Wimbledon championships and brings Sampras within one victory of tying the record for men's Grand Slam championships.
(Revolting detail: He masturbated by sticking pipe cleaners into his urethra and tying rope around his scrotum.