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...have noted that radical Islamist groups, including those linked with al-Qaeda, have over the years built an elaborate criminal infrastructure - relying on low-key logistical operatives rather than their best-trained combatants - that can generate a continuous flow of funds through seemingly apolitical petty crime, such as credit card fraud, car theft and so on. Even if these operatives are caught, they have in many instances been tried, convicted and sentenced to short spells in prison without their terror connection becoming apparent. Of course such actions can only generate jihad in increments...
...Close allies of the president have long believed the only card he can play, short of calling for mass street protest, is to invoke the constitution. Senior advisors have told him the constitution gives him the power to respond when hard-liners use their control over unelected clerical state bodies to circumvent reforms. The timing of Khatami's challenge signals the extent to which tension has mounted in Tehran since President George W. Bush named Iran as part of an "axis of evil." Hardliners have exploited the security threat implied by Bush's rhetoric to further consolidate their hold...
...Depends on how much you love the format. CDRW drives can be bought for half the price, and the discs offer nearly as much storage space (up to 700 MB) for a fraction of the cost (80[cents] vs. $12.49). Moreover, Panasonic is slated to release a memory card by year's end that will hold as much as 1 GB of information. So, unless you're a big fan, skip the Zip. --By Carole Buia
REVISIT YOUR CREDIT CARDS. Even nose-bleed rates have come down. Best deal: Pulaski Bank (800-980-2265) offers a Visa that charges annual interest of 5.5%. Pulaski also gives six months at no interest on transferred credit-card balances...
...retirement futures appear [BUSINESS, July 29], I am deeply bothered by the financial wastefulness and frivolousness of American households, as illustrated by Maria and George Rudd in your article. You noted that together the Rudds, who are in their 60s, earn $280,000 but have a credit-card debt of $45,000 and only $40,000 in savings and investments. The Rudds are only one example of the personal and corporate shortsightedness that has plunged our country into its present financial quagmire. What ever happened to "A penny saved is a penny earned"? BRIAN FURIO New Freedom...