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...forces but by the Germans overseeing a coalition supply line from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan that has grown more vital in light of threats to the normal route from Pakistan. Indeed, given that the tankers were just three miles from the German heaquarters when attacked, officials believe militants might have been??readying to bomb the base. The circumstances of the attack thus highlight a Taliban offensive in the region that is brazenly challenging the resolve of German forces in charge of security - and a debate about the lack of consistency among the multinational coalition forces. (Read about the dramatic Sept...
MISSING There have been??many perils Steve Fossett has handled fearlessly--plummeting 29,000 ft. (9 km) into the ocean in a hot-air balloon or realizing while flying solo that his fuel tanks were leaking. But with a "low threshold" for boredom, he pushed himself to a series of exploratory feats, most famously becoming the first person to fly around the world alone in a hot-air balloon, in 2002. "I don't like to be scared," he said. "I spend a lot of effort figuring out how to reduce risks." It is unclear whether such effort was enough...
Your Iraq coverage has always been??superb, and your cover story raises the bar even higher. I don't think I had fully grasped the social and political aspects of the rivalry between Sunnis and Shi'ites until I read your story. Now I can't escape the conclusion that the solution to Iraq's problems cannot be military. Shi'ites and Sunnis have to sort this one out themselves, and the most the U.S. can do is try to be an honest broker between them...
...election results must have been??an accountability moment for the President, even though his sense of accountability is momentary at best...
Since Kindergarten, they had been??known as "the crew." Still a close-knit group in high school, the five Henderson, Nev., boys were all delighted when Sean Larimer turned 16 and in 2003 became the first to get his driver's license. Sean's mom, Susan Larimer, a hospital nurse who was in the midst of a divorce, was happy about it too. "I thought I needed him to drive," she recalls. So Susan gave her son permission to drive around with the crew one evening just 63 days after he passed his road test...