| Right man ... for the wrong job?
It would be hard to call him effective, as senior army officers kept sniping in private. But he was right on crucial points of US strategy even if he was the wrong person to run US Central Command. On Iran he was outspoken — and right — about the need for engagement and the folly of a military strike. He was right that Iraq had sucked the United States' attention away from "the five or six pots boiling over" in the same part of the world. However, he was wrong on the surge in Iraq, and that, as well as personality clashes, is what probably did for him. It was always going to be a tricky appointment — to take a navy officer and put him in charge of Centcom, which covers Iraq and Afghanistan and relies, more than any other command centre, on knowledge of combat operations.
Nassau cop kills man police say wielded knives
What made the officer fire the weapon, that's part of the investigation," Smith said.
The officer who fired is 25 years old and spent four years with the New York Police Department before joining the Nassau department in January of last year, officials said. He will remain on regular assignment while the investigation continues. Police declined to identify him, citing the investigation into the shooting.
The officer and his partner, who joined the department at the same time and has experience with a Suffolk law enforcement agency, were taken to a hospital for evaluation but were not injured, police said.
The suspect was a 37-year-old man, police said. The store employee suffered cuts to her face and hand, but it was unclear if she was struck by flying glass or if she was hurt because she escaped through the broken window, police said.
AOL/Bebo buy could create second-largest social platform
HitWise found that Bebo was the fourth most popular social platform following MySpace, Facebook and MyYearbook in February 2008. More than 80% of Bebo traffic for February was return traffic. In the UK, Bebo is the brand most searched for, leading both Ebay and Facebook. Looking ahead into 2008, Bebo has plans to launch social platforms in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. AOL, also, has announced plans to spread their social wings a bit more with some reporting that the company plans to expand into 30 more countries by 2009. Tags: .
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