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...Teplice, remains unconvinced. "We worry that the presence of [mosques] will increase security risk the way it did in Germany, France or Britain," he says. "I consider myself a tolerant man, but I don't want to tolerate things like this." Backers of the project are determined to proceed. Ali al Kaitoob, a 48-year-old investor from the United Arab Emirates who has been coming to Teplice since 1998, says: "We respect Czech laws, and if we have the right to build this, we will build. This is a private investment and we will not succumb to political pressures...
...prison abuse by U.S. forces? No, this do-it-yourself Abu Ghraib was a private jail being run by Idema and two other Americans who, along with several Afghan helpers, appear to have set themselves up as antiterrorist bounty hunters. "They pretended they were fighting terrorism," said Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, after the three Americans were arrested. "But they were outlaws...
FOUND. CORPORAL WASSEF ALI HASSOUN, 24, U.S. Marine who was reported kidnapped in Iraq; in Beirut. The Lebanese-born Muslim, who disappeared from his base near Fallujah on June 20, was seen blindfolded in a videotape and at one point was reported to have been beheaded. After resurfacing in Beirut, he was shipped to Ramstein air base in Germany for debriefing and medical evaluation. The Navy is investigating the possibility that his apparent kidnapping arose from an attempt at desertion...
...That's certainly true of Nat & Ali. Since art school days, this young Melbourne duo have photographed themselves with heroes like Jacques Derrida, presenting their sprawling fanzines on gallery walls, along with their funding rejection slips. The Kingpins also play with art stardom. In their new video Dark Side of the Mall, 2004, the Sydney girls hilariously strut their stuff in an underground carpark like characters from a bad Michael Jackson music clip. In the process they also manage to diss art star Matthew Barney, with one of their werewolves sporting an i survived the creamster series T shirt. Will...
Among those who have thrown their support behind the jihad is insurgent leader Abu Ali. A ballistic-missile specialist in Saddam's Fedayeen militia, he fought U.S. troops during the invasion and has served as a resistance commander ever since, organizing rocket attacks on the green zone, the headquarters of the U.S. administration in Baghdad. When interviewed by TIME last fall, he spoke of a vain hope that Saddam would return and re-establish a Baathist regime. But at a recent meeting near a rural mosque, he said he is fighting to rid all Muslim lands of infidels...