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...Scott MacLeod: One explanation for the previous avoidance had been that al-Qaeda lacked a capability inside the kingdom to launch attacks. But the Riyadh bombings show plainly that they had the capability, so why didn't they use it? Another reason might be that they feared a backlash from ordinary Saudis. Many Saudis may sympathize with Bin Laden's ideas, but they don't want to see their country convulsing with chaos and violence. And, of course, terror attacks inside the kingdom would also invite a crackdown on those most sympathetic to Bin Laden's ideas. But these attacks...
...Publicly, Pakistan says it's not aiding the Kashmiris. But privately, Pakistani officials have told the U.S. that time will be needed to scale down their country's support for the militants. Otherwise, they say, Musharraf may face a backlash from extremist cells, which still abound in Pakistan, as well as from religious parties and some of his own officers. Pakistani officials also argue that Musharraf doesn't exert full control over the wilder extremists roaming Kashmir, such as Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba, which are widely blamed for terrible civilian atrocities. Even without support from Pakistan, though...
...Just last year, the detention and trial of a fundamentalist leader like Abubakar would have been cause for mass protests and clashes between security forces and Islamic radicals. It was fear of that Muslim backlash that had kept President Megawati Sukarnoputri from arresting Abubakar before the Bali bombings, despite repeated requests from Singaporean and Malaysian authorities. The gruesome toll of those strikes last October, as well as nifty police work that has netted 47 suspected terrorists, appears to have convinced most Indonesians to shun radical Islam...
...many today offer nationwide ATM access through a surcharge-free network formed with other credit unions (most also offer ATM access through commercial banks' networks). Moreover, as banks have raised fees to shore up profits in a weak economy, credit unions seem to be benefiting from a consumer backlash...
...openly criticizing the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Payá was sent to a Cuban labor camp for three years. Rather than escape to Miami in the 1980 Mariel boatlift, he stayed in Cuba to work for democratic reform. More than two decades later, his efforts are suffering a backlash - they moved Castro to launch his harshest crackdown ever. In the past few months, 54 leaders of Payá's dissident groups - the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) and the Varela Project - have been convicted of treason and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. But Payá, 51, insists his movement...