…How the University shaped a president SPECIAL SECTION jRltc i ari' '3atim Ann ArborMichigan www.michigandaily.com sday anuary4 C ourt: Stop affirmative action now Admissions office stops reviewing apps until next week By JAKE HOLMES Daily StaffReporter The University must immedi- ately stop using affirmative action admissions, an appeals court said last week. In response, the Univer- sity has halted the processing of all applications un...…
…ie Lidilgan Bai Ann Arbor Mk www.michigandaily.com Iday, Januar _ ,. } i = _ : ' ILLINOIS TOPS ARTS, WOMEN'S HOOPS PAGE 5 SPORTS, PAGE 8 4,000 reasons to go to * college New law gives grant to graduating high schoolers By ALESE BAGDOL Daily StaffReporter Every high school student in Michigan who graduates in 2007 or later is now eligible for a $4,000 scholarship at any public university in the state. To qualify for the Michigan Promise ...…
…SAM BUTLER:OBAMA, YOUR TIME IS LATER OPINION, PAGE4A IN'CHILDREN, A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE A LOT LIKE THE PRESENT WOMEN'S HOOPS ENDS 28-GAME CONFERENCE SKID SPORTSMONDAY ARTS, PAGE 5A Addomolml- -got 46P 4w Illic4loan 43at lij n Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com "I tend to agree with the ladies in lavender." - Kath Borg, the mother of a Michigan cheerleader, lending her support to a group protesting Penn State women's basketball coach Rene ...…
…DONN FRESARD: STEP UP AND RAISE TAXES, GOVERNOR OPINION, PAGE4 BACK IN ACTION WHY BARBIE SHOULD KEEP HER BUST SIZE A PREVIEW OFTHE ROAD AHEAD FOR THE ICERS SPORTS, PAGE9 ARTS, PAGE 8 IP 1idfigan 8814A Ann Arbor, Michig www.michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 9,2007 FLORIDA 41, OHIO STATE 14 Branch goes out on NFL limb 'M' tackle will skip senior year, enter draft By SCOTT BELL Daily Sports Editor After weeks of speculation, junior Alan ...…
…IIMPROVED AN EDGE THE STATEMENT TOBY MITCHELL: AMERICANS, GIVE HOPE A CHANCE OPINION, PAGE 4A EXHIBIT SHOWS AUTOMOTIVE DECLINE IN PHOTOGRAPHS ARTS, PAGE 5A Oie ffidI43an BrIj Ann Arbor, richigar www.michigandailycom Wednesday, January 10,2007 'U'to stop using affirmative action today PETER SCHiOTTENFELS/Daily Every Three Weekly Editor in Chief Justin Wynn poses with a copy of the November issue of the pouaar campas humor yablic. Busine...…
…JARED GOLDBERG: THE WAR ON HANUKKAH OPINION, PAGE 4A iT? J DILLA? JEEZY? FOCUS ON GLASSWORK KEY FOR CAGER DEFENSE DAILY ARTS DEBATES THE TOP ALBUM$OF 2006 THE B-SIDE SPORTS, PAGE 5A Wie lNRXidENganF a ) E... . .. ) ,. . .. ..I ! ES Y E . .\ FF4 .1 .YYC)1- E .5 i F R . EI )O.M nn Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com Thursday, January11, 20T7 Despite Prop 2, race will stay on applications 'U'to trust The University has not yet finalized n...…
…FROM THE DAILY: CALLING ON CONGRESS TO STOP THE SURGE OPINION, PAGE 4 STREAK STOPPED WISCONSIN EDGES WOMEN'S HOOPS SPORTS, PAGE 8 GET YOUR NAME ON THE COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE ARTS, PAGE 5 014C ic4i0. an 4,3ailm Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Friday January 12, 2007 Duderstadt: End ticket tax breaks Loss of exemption could endanger Big House renovations By KIRSTY MCNAMARA Daily StaffReporter A tax provision that allows Mic...…
…e iC1 igaIi Wi1m ,Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Say, anuar~y 16,07 U 1 h I i I i 4 4 4 _ I i y i I r -- _- f _ , ___., i BERENSON WINS ARTS, 600TH GAME PAGE 5A SPORTSTUESDAY SOUTH U SHODOWN KEEPING HIGHER ED RELEVANT WHAT'S NEXT FOR COLLEGES? University secondary Education, pro- posed ways for universities presidents call to become more relevant and more successful in lead- for tuition help, ing the United States to the fore...…
…CLASSES AND KIDS PARENTING WHILE STUDYING ATTHE 'U' THE STATEMENT STIGLICH: I LOVE WAL-MART, AND YOU SHOULD TOO OPINION, PAGE4A WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SITCOM IS ALL GOOFBALLS? ARTS, PAGE 5A iie l ig~tan DaiI j in Arbor, Michgar www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, Jan THE SKY ISN'T FALLING YET REFORMING THE R&E REQUIREMENT Student gov't examines req after years of campaign promises By LAYLA ASLANI Daily StaffReporter After completing Politic...…
…' . A band tries to escape the 9-to-5 grind B-Side IieC ltid~lipn BaiIlj Arbor, UMchiga www.michigandaily.com NITTANY KNOCKOUT Dental student dies at CCRB Ryan Turner, 27, was a native of Eugene, Ore. By KELLY FRASER and WALTER NOWINSKI Daily Staff Reporters Dental student Ryan Turn- er died early yesterday morn- ing at the age of 27. He collapsed while running on a treadmill at the Central Campus Recreation Building and was pronounced dead...…
…OTBALL .ALASKAN DISPATCHES FROM THE DAILY:DON'T GIVE UP T A BG MA N I G .C EETROIT SCHOOLS PAGE 2 THE DAILY BLOGS FROM FAIRBANKS MICHIGANDAILY.COM/THEGAME OPINION, PAGE 4 4b1E IcI438anDrnIj ) . N[REI EN Y AI Ann Arbor, MichiganM www.michigandaily.com nday. January i9, 207 CHANGES ON THE BOARD Family, friends remember 'go-to guy' Turner, 27, was REMEMBERING RYAN headed to Army after graduation from dental school By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN D...…
…IWO JIMA' SportsMonday, '***"* lB Arts,5A ~Ii ffid~an Baigp Ann Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com MondayJanuary22,2007 Nation's * top court . rejects BAM suit "You have to get up, you have to get out, and you have to live your life." - University of Michigan at Dearborn senior Lindsay Hollandsworth, whose boyfriend is serving in the Army in Iraq Suit continues in district court By BRIAN TENGEL Daily StaffReporter The U.S. Supreme Cour...…
…FROM THE DAILY: PRIVATE FUNDS ONLY A STOP-GAP MEASURE OPINION, PAGE 4 F M MATS TO MONET ADISAPPOINTING SIDE PROJECT FROM BLUR'SFRONT MAN GYMNAST POMMELS, PAINTS SPORTS, PAGE 8 ARTS, PAGE5 Ie fiidi3igan Dai lN.. A.-J-1 7 .IX'.1.. N LN I' . K() - Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com} Tuesaay, January 23, 2007 . Pfizer to shut A2 facility City loses biggest taxpayer 2,100 jobs to move or disappear 177 acres near 'U' to be vacate...…
…CHEATING 'U' PLAGIARISM ON CAMPUS THE STATEMENT FROM THE DAILY: WHAT PFIZER'S CLOSING MEANS FOR MICHIGAN OPINION, PAGE 4A 'DREAMGIRLS' BIGGEST OSCAR SNUB IN YEARS ARTS, PAGE 5A EIie Iidigan haij , Michiga www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 24, 2007 SEPT.11 CONSPIRACY THEORISTS The gov't did it, speakers to argue College Republicans members watch President Bush deliver his sixth national address to Congress at Pizza House last nigh...…
…WHO'S THE BIG MAN ON CAMPUS AT CONGRESSIONAL HIGH? OP-ED, PAGE 5A BEST FLICKS OF '06 CAGERS FALL TO NO.2 BADGERS IN MADISON DAILY ARTS PICKS THE YEAR'S BEST MOVIES THE B-SIDE SPORTS, PA6E 8A i I1 i iC4 l Ann ArborMichigan www.michigandaily.com Thursday, January 25, 2007 N.0 Second in an occasional series about the University's connection to the Iraq war 'U' gets low marks on prolific profs Administrators blast recently released rankin...…
…JAMES DICKSON MICHIGAN NEEDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPINION, PAGE 4 ALMODOVAR'S LATEST A RETURN TO MELODRAMA WOMEN'S HOOPS FALLS TO WISCONSIN SPORTS, PAGE.8 ARTS, PAGE S 40ie fidigan DrnIj 1)NE- UNI) N IX EL N AI \IS F IIDITR AL 11El)OM Ann Arbor, Michigan w w.michigandailycom Friday, January 26,2007 Society asks Angell family to use its name JERELMY CHn/a Brighton resident Casey Janis drinks a beer at Ashley's Restaurant and Pub on State Str...…
…S THE SHINS: Arts, 5A 471 jo SportsMonday, 1B (t446F eit c i n at 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Monday, January 29, 2007 LEO NEGOTIATIONS Lecturers begin contract talks Union calls for more pay, uniform job titles ByKATHERINE MITCHELL Daily StaffReporter Wearing T-shirts that said "What do all Michigan teach- ers deserve?" members of the Lecturers' Employee Orga- nization began negotiations on a new contract with the Univ...…
…IMRAN SYED: WHY GORE, EDWARDS BEAT HILLARY, OBAMA OPINION, PAGE 4 A DYNAMIC EVOLUTION PETWAY A FORCE OFF THE COURT, TOO OF MONTREAL GOES AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ARTS, PAGE5 SPORTS, PAGE 9 I" L~:4Ii iic~xan4 &xiIVj An g-b-,. w.Wmichigandailycom esc -a yK. C200 Event billed as speech by . A week later, ex-terrorists araws ire Groups plan to walk out on event at Rackham By DANIEL TRUMP For the Daily Although Zachariah Anani is being billed as one ...…
…SIGNING THEIR LIVES AWAY WHAT MARY SUE COLEMAN'S AUTOGRAPH SAYS ABOUT HER THE STATEMENT JOHN STIGLICH: ALLOW WHITE REPS IN CLAP YOUR HANDS. SAY YEAH. THE BLACK CAUCUS REALLY, OPINION, PAGE 4A ARTS, PAGE 5A () NI ~N)IflIf IDISIXTEN Y'Il\ls()Il ll' I I \,L tOs Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com Wednesday, January 31, 2007 r ; p - : ., Third in an occasional series about the University's connection to the Iraq war Profs go from edg...…
…2A - Thursday, January 4, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: TrDA:FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Campus Characters Explained Tales from the convenience store In-N-Out clerks recount late-night shifts While working the night shift at In-N-Out Pizza, the convenience store and popular liquor depot among students, at 615 E. University Ave., store employee Kash Akhtar once sold eight cans of beer to a 21-year-old custom...…
…2 - Friday, January 5, 2007 How does the University pick the commencement speaker? It's not a popularity contest, administrators say Although some students may have hoped Paris Hilton, 2006's most-Googled celebrity, would give this year's commencement speech, the honor went to former President Bill Clinton. As it turns out, University President Mary Sue Coleman and the Honorary Degree Com- mittee pick speakers who have done something with th...…
…2A - Monday, January 8, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, January 8, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Sandwich number 2 is number 1 Deconstructing Zingerman's most popular sandwich Even on a rainy Sunday after- ing, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut, noon, the line at Zingerman's Deli- between thick slices of grilled Jew- catessen stretched out the door ish rye bread, are worth the wait. yesterday. Families, coup...…
…2 - Tuesday, January 9, 2007 MAYBE NEXT YEAR Darwin's dream When I walked into my firstbiologi- cal anthropology lecture, I had no idea that it was cross-listed with Aretha Franklin 101. But when I entered the lecture hall, I was immediately thrust into a medley of songs by the Queen of Soul. "Respect" and "Think" were just a few of the classics coming from Prof. John Mitani's iTunes library. I noticed that a couple of students looked confu...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, January 10, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Trapped Playwright might not approve of theater's home The University's newly con- structed Charles Walgreen Jr. Drama Center houses the only theatre in the world to bear the name of University and Michigan Daily alum Arthur Miller. Located on North Campus, the center houses ...…
…2A - Thursday, January 11, 2007 Everyone's good friend A conversation with the Diag's most polite denizen The question echoes inside the Engineering Arch, ricocheting from Ulrich's to In-n-Out and resonating up and down South University Avenue. "Spare any change, my good friend?" The echoes come from Ronnie, a middle-aged Ann Arbor native who can be found standing out- side of the arch almost daily. And immediately following each request, th...…
…2 - Friday, January 12, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:F- Campus Characters Explained Why you're in class while your friends are in Cancun The University's vacation calendar explained Have you spent the last week sit- ting on the beech, sipping drinks with umbrellas in them? If you're at the University, the answer is probably no. While t...…
…2A - Tuesday, January 16, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 0 MONDAY: TUESDAY:WEDNESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdote Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained ARBOR AUTHORS Stranger in a strange land When it comes to working out, it seems that women are fans of cardiovascular exercise while men prefer lifting. So this means weight rooms are loaded with men. It's like a frat party before 11, except the...…
…4 2A - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 MONDAY: The Extremist TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONNM.FRESARD ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 fresard@michigandaily com floyd@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION Tragedy in Bursley Two students killed in North Campus...…
…2A - Thursday, January 18, 2007 2A Thrsdy, anury 8, 007The Michigan Daily - michigandlailycom 40 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdot 'Stranger' in the alley. A2 man moonwaiks his way to campus stardom Ann Arhnr native Brian Wooiridge has heen dancing the moonwalk in the alley behind the Liberty Square parking structure since 1995. Woolridge, 34, first began dancing in the alley when he noticed that it wasn't being used fnr anythin...…
…2 - Friday, January 19, 2007 0 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY:F- Campus Characters_ The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONN M. FRESABD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 fresard@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com Why does Michigan football have an aversion to night games?...…
…2A - Monday, January 22, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FRIDAY: Explained cters SWEET JOB O' MINE Cheap reads How Excel sells the least expensive coursepacks in town At the beginning of every semes- ter, the line of students waiting to copy course packs at Excel Test Preparation, Coursepacks and Cop- ies on South University Avenue often snakes down the stairs. It coils around a circle of desks in the store's small waiting ro...…
…2 - Tuesday, January 23, 2007 MONDAY: The ENtremist ARITY SIPPING FOR CHARITY Y: THURSDAY: Here Campus Characters A ferret fracas FRIDAY: Explained The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONNM.FRESARD ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0s58 fresard@michigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.com A lot of strange things have hap- pened to me in Ann Arb...…
…2A - Wednesday, January 24, 2007 FRIDAY: Explained CANDY WOMAN CAN In loco parentis for half of campus Dean of women post not eliminated until 1961 With the admission of women in 1870, the University became a lead- ing progressive example for other major colleges. But 90 years later, the University's policies toward women had lost their progressive edge. It was then that female students cam- paigned the administration for per- mission to w...…
…0 2A - Thursday, January 25, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: THRDY Before You Were Here Capshrcts FRIDAY: Explained Life in the love lane Local cab driver keeps mood 'loose' Expecting a typical silent cab ride homemany students are sur- prised when the Kenny Lnggins lyrics "Lonse, footloose/kick off your Sunday shoes" blasts frnm the speakers aa they climb intn the back of Myrna Ismail's cab. Ismail, who has...…
…2 - Friday, January 26, 2007ThMihgnDly-mhgadlco The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extrem Iist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters Why do people post 'you must be 21 to. drink' signs at house parties? Hint: There is no good reason Remember when you threw your first house party and your older friends told you to post "no drink- ing if you are uoder 21" sigos oext to the keg...…
…2A - Monday, January 29, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Oh, the brews you can choose The best-selling beers at AZ's best-stocked watering hole 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigatidailycom DONNM.FRESARD ALEXISFLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 freoord@micbigaodaily co Cfloyd@...…
…2 - Tuesday, January 30, 2007 MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: The Extremist Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Sink one for tolerance It seems at least one group of students has figured out how to deal with religious differences. Yesterday morning I was walk- ing out of my history of Rome lecture in Angell Hall, trying to decide whether Emperor Ves- pasian looked more like John McCain or Dick Cheney. In the midst of my ...…
…2A - Wednesday, January 31, 2007 EWe y W S The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes THE CARILLON MAN CAN I THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained Spying on 'U' In 1960s, CIA used students as informants C, c itichl-gan al 9~ 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com DONN M.FRESARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 fresard@michig...…
…4p The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 4, 2007 - 3A * The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Thursday, January 4, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD 4 Five security contractors taken captive in Iraq Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered yesterday to The Associated Press. The men - se...…
…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Friday, January 5, 2007 - 3 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Friday, January 5, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush names retired admiral to top intelligence spot Retired Vice Adm. Mike McCo- nnell, a veteran of more than 25 years in the intelligence field, will be named by President Bush to succeed John Negroponte as national intelligence director, a senior administration official said yesterd...…
…S The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS MOGADISHU, Somalia Ethiopian forces under attack in Somali capital Gunmen attacked Ethiopian troops supporting the Somali gov- ernment yesterday, witnesses said, in the second straight day of vio- lence in a city struggling to emerge from more than a decade of chaos. The unrest comes at a precari- ous time for Somalia's transitional administration, which is trying to assert some control for...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 9, 2007 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Bush expected to call for more troops in national address President Bush will address the nation at 9 p.m. tomorrow about his new approach for the war in Iraq, the White House said. Bush is expected to announce an increase of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops. Bush's decisions, more than two months in the making, already are drawing criticism from ne...…
…The Michigan Daily - michiganclaily.com Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS SAN FRANCISCO Apple unveils new iPod-phone hybrid, changes name Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs announced yesterday the iPod maker's long-awaited leap into the mobile phone business and renamed the company to just "Apple Inc.," reflecting its increased focus on consumer electronics. The iP...…
…1 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS ONE SHINING MOMENT CARACAS, Venezuela * Chavez begins third term, invokes Christ, Castro Invoking Christ and Castro as his socialist models, President Hugo Chavez began his third term yester- day by declaring that socialism, not capitalism, is the only way forward for Venezuela and the world. His first stop: Nicaragua, where leftist ally Daniel Ortega was returning to power with his own i...…
…o The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS LANSING State Supreme Court hears arguments in A2 benefits case The Michigan Supreme Court again heard arguments yesterday in a lawsuit challenging the Ann Arbor school district's same-sex benefits policy. But the justices didn't focus on the constitutionality of providing health insurance and other benefits to workers' gay partners. The case involves whether 17 taxpayers followed the prope...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD Saddam's half brother beheaded in double execution The Iraqi government's attempt yesterday to close a chapter on Sad- dam Hussein's repressive regime - by hanging two of his henchmen - only appeared to anger many of Saddam's fellow Sunni Muslims after the former leader's half broth- er was decapitated on the gallows. A thickset Barzan Ibrahim plunged through the trap door and was beh...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS JERUSALEM r Israeli army chief resigns over Lebanon failures Israeli army commander Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, under fire for failures in last summer's war in Lebanon, has resigned, the Defense Ministry said early today. Halutz has been under pressure to step down since the end of the 34-day war, which failed in its goals of defeating the anti-Israel mili- tant group Hezbollah and bringing home two...…
…The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Second Republican senator opposes Bush Iraq plan A second Republican joined Senator Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican, and signed onto a Sen- ate resolution yesterday oppos- ing President Bush's 21,500-troop buildup in Iraq, setting a marker for a major clash between the White House and Congress over the unpopular war. Sen. Olympia Snowe, a moderate from Maine, said she would suppo...…
… The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com KING OF THE RING NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON " U.S. denounces Chinese missile test The United States criticized China yesterday for conducting an anti-satellite weapons test in which an old Chinese weather satellite was destroyed by a missile. The Bush administration has kept a lid on the test for a week as it weighs its significance. Analysts said China's weather satellites would travel at about the same a...…
…9 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS BAGHDAD * Iraqi PM drops protection for Sadr's militia Iraq's prime minister has dropped his protection of an anti- American cleric's Shiite militia after U.S. intelligence convinced him the group was infiltrated by death squads, two officials said yes- terday. In a desperate bid to fend off an all-out American offensive, the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr last Friday ordered the 30 lawmake...…
