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...agenda pursuing the failure of the U.S.-authored transition in Iraq. Not only had the international body been engaged in humanitarian relief work, but De Mello and others had discreetly played a major role in helping Bremer manage the political transition. Key Shiite leaders, such as Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, have refused until now to even meet with Bremer, but they enjoyed cordial relations with De Mello - and the UN man was credited with having persuaded some key Shiite figures to serve on the Iraqi Governing Council appointed by the U.S. viceroy...
...SENTENCED. BENAZIR BHUTTO, 50, exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, to six-months' suspended jail time and a $500,000 fine each for money laundering; by a Swiss magistrate; in Geneva. The ruling orders the couple to reimburse Pakistan $11 million...
Last week Wan Min Bin Wan Mat, a witness in the trial of Ali Gufron, a.k.a. Mukhlas (pictured), alleged mastermind of the Bali attack, confirmed what investigators have long suspected: Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda had directly funded the Oct. 12, 2002 bombings which killed 202 people. Wan Min, who is being held without trial under terrorism charges in Malaysia and testified by video-link, is Jemaah Islamiah's (JI) putative treasurer, and he confessed to personally delivering the $30,000 used to fund the Bali attack. That was merely the latest in a series of revelations that have...
...Riveting Read Re the article on the novel by Monica Ali, Brick Lane [July 14]: reviewer Aparisim Ghosh is an Asian living in Britain, which I suppose he thinks gives him excellent credentials to castigate Ali's book in no uncertain terms. Well, I am Bangladeshi; I lived in England for 10 years and worked in Brick Lane, a Bangladeshi neighborhood in London. I knew the type of people Ali wrote about very well, and I found her book riveting. It caught the truth of Brick Lane exactly and sensitively. Ali is one of Britain's best young novelists. Zeenat...
...Trial Status: Verdict to be announced on August 7th Most dramatic moment: On Friday, Amrozi sang a song of his own composition from jail: You can do jihad anywhere Until the spirit has left the body Kick out the mean Zionists Kick out the filthy people of the crucifix Ali Imron Middle brother and accused conspirator Trial Status: Ongoing Most dramatic moment: None. Unlike his two brothers, Imron appears in court in a suit and tie and has expressed remorse for his actions