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When asked why he didn’t attend, he replied, “The rain. But also because I didn’t think it would be that interesting...
...Padilla began a 10-year odyssey, moving ever closer to radical elements within Islam. In South Florida, as many as 60,000 Muslims attend two dozen mosques and religious sites, spanning the spectrum of ideology. A subculture of extremism has taken hold in certain pockets. "Hamas and Hizballah have a wide network here," says a prominent Islamic community leader. "We have been taking a nap on this issue for far too long. These are people who are convinced that the West is evil and America is 'Darul Harb,'" the Place of War. The community leader, who requested anonymity, describes...
...crisis to dispose of repossessed corporate assets, at the securities commission and elsewhere. Stock market regulations were also changed requiring earnings reports to be filed every three months instead of twice a year, a major step forward in transparency. Directors of publicly traded companies are even being compelled to attend annual two-day courses at the stock exchange on their obligations under corporate governance regulations...
...wisdom of waging war to topple the Iraqi President. In a pairing some observers thought was odd, Scowcroft joined Wolfowitz last week on a 20-hour nonstop flight to Singapore, where the Deputy Secretary was giving a speech at a three-day security conference (Scowcroft had been invited to attend the same meeting as a delegate). The accommodations were cozy: Scowcroft was the sole private citizen to spend the long flight in Wolfowitz's private quarters. Some speculated that Scowcroft got the invite because Wolfowitz wanted to pull him into his corner. "Paul wants to reach out to more Republicans...
...Tellingly, Vajpayee was forced to give up his moderate stance and attend to his party in response to a domestic disaster, not an international crisis. On Feb. 27, a group of Muslims firebombed a train in the western state of Gujarat murdering 58 Hindus. The reprisals against Muslims in Gujarat were fierce, unpoliced, and went on for weeks, killing some 2,000 according to human rights groups. (The official death toll, widely disbelieved, is half this.) On April 4, Vajpayee reacted with revulsion, urging Hindu rioters to rediscover "a sense of unity and brotherhood." Asked the published poet: "Burning alive...