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...quiet fishing village of Rusimalae in Thailand's embattled southern region, an army camp lies empty. Following a bomb on Aug. 2 that killed a soldier, the Thai military abandoned the improvised base, erected by sappers building a school nearby. The gates now stand wide open, and the silence of the camp speaks volumes about a nation that has lost its way, and a state that cannot exercise its authority fully, even inside its own territory...
...Karzai: No, the South is a different situation. Bomb blasts is one thing that you cannot stop. A terrorist activity of that nature, a suicide bomber, of explosions, is one aspect of it. The other aspect, the Taliban activity in the South of the country is an entirely different issue. That's something that is preventable. That is much easier to prevent and neutralize. The reason why there are now Taliban in Panjwai, in Pashmul, in Kandahar, is because we were weak there. People in Kandahar told me two years ago to strengthen the districts with a police force...
...more attacks. Savi Mull Lucknow, India There is so much concern over what passengers cannot carry that we seem to have lost sight of the problem of cargo security. Since anything can now be secreted in a toothpaste tube, isn't there a higher risk of a small bomb being placed in the cargo hold? A bribe put in the hands of a baggage handler might be enough to do it. Chadwick Hall London The U.S. government keeps Americans in a perpetual state of fear because citizens are easier to manipulate when they are in that condition. The same thing...
...Hurt Afghans they certainly did. Witnesses at the blast site described a mangled Humvee, a bomb crater about four feet deep, scattered body parts, and most chillingly, a bra tangled in tree branches above the vehicle, where it was hurled by the strength of the explosion. Although coalition forces were the immediate target, the size and range of the blast at a busy intersection suggests that the civilian casualties were intentional. Massoud Circle, where the attack occurred, is located near an apartment complex housing thousands of families, where many windows were shattered...
...made a reporting trip to Pakistan's rugged Baluchistan province in 2004, I expected to encounter strong feelings against the central government in Islamabad. Baluchistan was in the grips of a low-level insurgency, with tribesmen demanding greater autonomy for the province. Just days before my trip, a roadside bomb in the Baluch fishing village of Gwadar had killed five Chinese engineers working on Pakistan's premier development project: a massive new port. So I was surprised to see children in Gwadar playing cricket in replicas of the uniforms of Pakistan's national team. In fact, the only hostility...