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...above the political turmoil and the government's instability and show her true worth. The cure for this government's malady is not a constitutional convention or new tax laws. The country will be stable only when graft, nepotism and all forms of corruption are tossed into the waste bin. Arroyo has the makings of a great President if only she would act with faith, honesty and patriotism. Albert Tan Makati City, the Philippines...
...June 14, Dubai Crown Prince and United Arab Emirates Defence Minister His Royal Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum donated $13.6 million for the creation of the Maktoum-Harvard Library in Dubai Healthcare City...
...days later, His Royal Highness Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, Chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company, a Saudi-based firm, donated approximately five million dollars in unrestricted funds to the Foundation...
Robert Pape, author of a book about suicide terrorism, Dying to Win, says the tactic has historically been used when two conditions are met: first, insurgents feel they are fighting foreign troops in places they regard as their homeland (Osama bin Laden, for example, has railed against U.S. bases in the Arabian Peninsula); and second, when the occupiers come from a different religious background, insurgents are able to paint them as subjugators of their faith and its followers. Those conditions, it turns out, co-exist prominently in the Muslim world today, particularly in the Middle East. --With reporting by Aparisim...
...mainly psychological and spiritual. Besides the Koran, he says, "I read about the history of jihad, about great martyrs who have gone before me. These things strengthen my will." One popular source of inspiration for suicide bombers is The Lover of Angels, by Abdullah Azzam, one of Osama bin Laden's spiritual mentors, which tells stories of jihadis who died fighting Soviet occupying troops in Afghanistan. And Marwan is listening to taped speeches that address subjects like the rewards that await warriors in heaven. In recent months, jihadist groups have also begun showing recruits lurid videos of successful suicide hits...