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...wearing police commando uniforms pulled up in a fleet of pickup trucks at a building belonging to Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education. They fanned out across the four floors and herded everybody--staff and visitors--into a single room. All of them were ordered to hand over their cell phones. Then the women were taken into another room and locked in. About 150 men were marched outside, bundled into the pickup trucks and driven away. The whole operation took just 15 minutes...
...stumble for a half-second before rattling off an order. The joint’s attitude is nicely summed up by its counter-top sign, which depicts an all-too-cheery blonde chatting it up on a mobile phone. The following words are written alongside: “Hey! Cell phone-face! You’re out of line! Now! The Human Beings...
...Mexico has--perhaps surprisingly to Americans--an excellent medical system. Medical care can be a tenth of the price of care in the States. Doctors make house calls. They give you their cell-phone numbers. I had skin cancer, and it was treated completely and professionally...
...Pattani history still banned by the state. History seemed to repeat itself when Thaksin sent thousands of troops south to quell the rebellion, culminating with Tak Bai, which radicalized Ma-ae's generation more than any other incident. Initiations take place at night. Each recruit swears allegiance to his cell on a Koran, then eats a piece of paper bearing 24 vows written in Arabic script, washed down with holy water blessed by the village imam. "After you've drunk it you don't feel fear," says Ma-ae. "You can even withstand the pain of torture without confessing...
...Each militant cell has a high degree of operational autonomy: its leader decides when, where and whom to attack. That assault will likely be brutal. In October a 3-year-old girl died of bullet wounds from a drive-by shooting that killed both her parents, while five Buddhist monks were injured by a bomb planted on their morning alms route; in July a primary school teacher was shot dead in front of his pupils. While Buddhist police and soldiers are still the prime targets, these days the militants are killing just as many Muslim civilians. Anyone who joins...