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...mortar attack had been a diversion. The taxi had detonated near a Kurdish checkpoint where Moran had been filming some soldiers. The blast loosed a fireball, charred the asphalt and left the taxi a smoking hulk. A roadside stall was set alight. Paul died instantly. Two Kurdish soldiers were also killed and five more seriously wounded...
...last thing Washington needs on the eve of an Iraq war is another large-scale Israeli military operation in Palestinian cities to set the Arab street alight. Last year, following a Passover terror attack that killed 29 Israelis, Sharon launched "Operation Defensive Shield," which involved reoccupying all of the West Bank's major Palestinian population centers. The resulting Arab outraged sabotaged the efforts of Vice President Cheney, then on a tour of the region to win Arab support for invading Iraq, and prompted the administration to send Secretary of State Powell to the region on a peace mission whose half...
...funeral party prepares to light the pyre. The shroud has been pushed back from the corpse's face so he can look upon Rama, the sun. The eldest son circles the body once and sprinkles it with ghee, or clarified butter. Finally, hands trembling, he sets the dry wood alight, using live coals brought from his household's devotional fire. As the flames engulf the corpse, the adolescent turns away and covers his face with his hands...
...about America's lack of understanding of the Palestinian problem. To believe that the next phase of terror will occur as far afield as the Philippines is ludicrous. The powder keg is not there but in the Middle East. And the fuse on that powder keg is already alight. The terrorists who stand in the way of achieving a peaceful settlement to the issue of a Palestinian homeland must be brought to heel. CHARLES H. EYPPER Berlin...
Fifteen of the 100 islands are inhabited, and each one offers a slightly different aspect of Shetland (and a different accent). To Shetlanders, being from Unst, say, is not at all the same as being from Whalsay. Most people visit Unst to alight upon a variety of Britain's northernmosts: here you can find the post office, brewery and golf course that sit at the country's highest latitude. Yell is otter country and also has miles of peat moorland; if you have any interest in peat cutting, this is the place to check it out. An array of wonderful...