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...missed the flight. When he showed up the next day, his appearance-long-haired, disheveled, druggie-seemed almost calculated to draw attention. At the boarding gate, says Annie Joly, a Frenchwoman on the flight, "I was immediately struck by how bizarre he looked." After Reid's arrest, the bare bones of his life as a small-time London crook came out, and he claimed to have made the bomb from a recipe on the Internet. He seemed to be what he looked like, the ultimate loser...
Later this month French prosecutors will begin to lay bare what they say are the roots of one of these terror cells when they open court proceedings against Ouassini Cherifi. A first-generation Frenchman who seemed a model of integration and upward mobility, Cherifi was arrested in August of 2000, and ultimately charged with theft and fraud to generate funds and distribute false identity documents to fellow extremists. Time had an exclusive look at the accusations, the evidence and the defense that will be presented in the case - one that French justice officals say shows how suspected operatives like Cherifi...
...does not mean that your feelings are indications of anything other than your flat-out fucked-up life.” Though many take issue with the chosen outlet of her talents, it takes skill to suffer as beautifully and artistically as Wurtzel. Her lack of shame in laying bare the details is only the beginning...
...teeth. From time to time we came to tiny settlements; the houses sealed behind mud brick walls, the rooftop edges curved, daily life hidden from view. Some were plunked down in the middle of nowhere, drawing life from plunging wells. Others hugged wispy rivers; groves of fruit trees, winter bare, lined the channels...
...soon even those delights may be hard to find. Despite the grandeur of the desert landscape, it is impossible not to notice the growing environmental catastrophe. Countless hills and rangelands are giving way to erosion, as millions of sheep and goats eat the sparse vegetation and lay the ground bare. In the end, the region's very remoteness may be its downfall?so few people get there to revel in its unique beauty that few are protesting its passing...