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Financing and armaments appear to be in plentiful supply. When Abu Ali's network runs low on resources, it turns to a man identified only as "the Emir," a shadowy loyalist leader who summons Abu Ali to meetings at irregular intervals. "We are not rich men," Abu Ali says, "but we have everything." Old Soviet surface-to-air missiles that had been stockpiled by Saddam's regime go for upwards of $1,000 apiece on the black market, yet Abu Ali's organization has them in abundance. It also has access to a pipeline of weapons flowing across Iraq...
...course true - this, too, you will hear a hundred times in the next few days - that the capture of Saddam is not the end of anything. The allied coalition in Iraq continues to appear unsure whether it is supposed to be some addled modern version of liberal imperialism or a short bridge to an early resumption of sovereign rule by Iraqis. The members of the Governing Council - U.S.-appointed Iraqi leaders - seem unclear whether they are meant to fade from the scene next summer, as the latest Washington plan for a transition to Iraqi rule implied, or whether they will...
...Kong native has left a permanent imprint on the territory's films. In addition to those movies in which he has been in front of the camera, Tsang has also been the brains or inspiration?either directly or indirectly?behind thousands more. Hit movies in which he did not appear, such as Aces Go Places and Jan Dara as well as the soon-to-be-released Golden Chicken II (CG2), may not have been made?or would have been very different?without him. "People always go to him for advice," says Peter Chan, producer of CG2 who also directed Tsang...
Although they appear relaxed, the Pudding leadership is running an extremely tight ship. Over the next two days, innumerable Diet Cokes will be chugged and innumerable last-minute cell phone calls will be made as they winnow down all the singing, dancing, punning hopefuls into a dozen cast members...
...their conversations, delivering her lines during carefully scripted silences. Such moments reveal how meticulously planned the seemingly spontaneous performances really are. Greenwood’s expert execution implies an exacting level of detail in editing, audiovisual synchronization and scripting, as animation, bits of television commercials, and cardboard cutouts all appear throughout the videos...