Sunday, January 27, 2008

weekend update Jan 26, 2008

Jan. 26, 2008—“And wouldn’t it be embarrassing if the Fed had to make one of the biggest emergency rate cuts ever because of some rogue trader?” NYT B1

--The NYPD produced a detailed analysis in 1998 opposing plans by the city to locate its emergency command center at the World Trade Center, but the Giuliani administration overrode those objections. The command center later collapsed from the damage in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. NYT A14

--Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki announced Friday that he was sending more forces to Mosul for what he vowed would be a “decisive” struggle to ride the city of insurgents. ... By most accounts, the struggle is likely to be challenging, and unlikely to be final. NYT A7

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