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Five years later, after an invasion of Afghanistan and an occupation of Iraq, and amid talk of war with Iran, it is fair...
...worry - a city deadline Tuesday to gut their houses. Those left open and in ruins face possible demolition. The deadline - part of the city's Good Neighbor Program - is meant to allay fears that some areas will end up with "jack-o-lantern" development, one or two rebuilt houses amid a block of devastation. But because Mayor Ray Nagin favors a "market-driven solution", residents aren't really sure which neighborhoods will come back. On Monday, competing development groups - representing the mayor, city council and, indirectly, the Louisiana Recovery Authority - finally signed an agreement to stop squabbling and put together...
...Taliban maintains bases.) There's a consensus among European political élites that Afghanistan isn't an Iraq; even left-wing governments believe the war there is legal and worth fighting to keep the country from reverting to a safe harbor for the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But amid new demands for peacekeepers in south Lebanon and a worsening situation in Afghanistan - at least 14 Canadian and British soldiers have been killed and dozens more wounded since the beginning of August - NATO countries are unlikely to make further commitments of troops and money, even if that's required to turn...
...Middle East is not being fought with bombs or bullets. Instead, it is being waged amid the rubble and wreckage of Lebanon's streets, and the prize is the support and gratitude of the hundreds of thousands of citizens attempting to piece together their shattered lives. At Mehdi High School in Beirut, now a temporary administrative center for refugees who lost homes in the war with Israel, Abdel Hussein Hodroj asks a bearded young official behind a desk for help. The young man doesn't work for the Lebanese government or a humanitarian group or a United Nations agency...
...Back home, his neglected palaces were turning into ruins. He had left his business affairs in the hands of friends and advisors, but Zubrzycki suggests he was a poor judge of men. Large parts of his treasure vanished amid allegations that some associates were stealing from him. His legal troubles grew fantastically complicated. Each time he tried to sell his jewels, someone obstructed him-either the Indian government or one of the numerous relatives who apparently wanted a share of the booty. With many of his assets frozen in India's courts, Jah could no longer bail himself...