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...convention in Las Vegas next week, they'll have a lot on their vigorous plates. There's the keynote address - "Younger Men/Older Women: The Ideal Combination" - not to mention voting for Miss Cougar Las Vegas. But an equally weighty topic is likely to create as much buzz among these ladies: Carnival Cruise Line's decision not to book anymore cougar-themed groups for cruises...
...have momentum these days, but their relatively small cruise-passenger numbers thus far may have cost them the Carnival business. Unlike other groups like the gay and lesbian communities, which fully charter ships for themselves on themed cruises, the cougars have less leverage because they're just one group among many passengers onboard. Says Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor in chief of the website Cruise Critic: "In a contained environment like a cruise ship, if other passengers find anything potentially offensive about your group's theme, it can be a problem. That's why it's better to take the whole...
Terrorism Speaks Your Language There are dozens of "e-imams" who preach hatred toward the West on the Internet, and some have greater clout among the faithful than al-Awlaki. But his books and CDs have become best sellers, and his YouTube sermons are getting hundreds of thousands of hits. The hype reached new heights recently when the Arabic-language news channel al-Arabiya dubbed al-Awlaki "the bin Laden of the Internet...
That sounds reasonable. But even if the U.S. is right in identifying al-Awlaki as a present danger, getting to him won't be easy. Since the missile strike on his house, the preacher is thought to have gone into hiding among his tribe in Shabwa province. The Yemeni government, already burdened with its three civil wars, is unlikely to start a fourth with the al-Awlakis...
...that, but also an unpleasant reminder that al-Awlaki is not the first man brought up in the West - and will surely not be the last - who threw in his lot with jihadists. For in November 2002, one of the first ever drone operations took place in Yemen, killing, among others, Ahmed Hijazi, a suspected al-Qaeda operative. He was an American...