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...hunting down rebels in Baluchistan and the tribal areas of our northwest frontier?rebels who are our fellow citizens. But equally dangerous is the chronic failure of our provinces to agree on new dams essential to meeting our future needs for water. Or the inability of our society to channel dissent into debate, an inability that means the publication of cartoons in a newspaper in Denmark is able to provoke not just a response in our own newspapers but also riots that transform our cities into virtual battlegrounds. The failure to bridge such divisions is particularly dangerous for Pakistan...
...appease the spirits is to find the most beautiful girl in Anaka and sacrifice her. Joseph Kony, the (lra) leader, who was indicted last year by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has himself secured loyalty from troops by claiming the ability to channel spirits. Former rebels describe him as performing feats of magic: causing stones dipped in oil to explode when he throws them or daubing a special oil on the feet of young soldiers to help them march dozens of miles on empty stomachs. And now that peace is slowly returning...
...question, 9/11 was an act of war. But was the U.S. reaction to it the right one? In 2006, five years after 9/11, the answer to that query still seemed unresolved. According to a TIME/Discovery Channel poll taken on the eve of the anniversary, nearly 70% of Americans believed the war against terrorism would not be won within 10 years. But looked at from the vantage point of 2031--three decades after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington--the debate is over. Thirty years later, the Great War for Democracy has been won. And not many people...
...five years later, 69% of Americans believe that the war on terrorism won't be won within the next decade. In fact, 73% believe that another attack on U.S. soil is at least "somewhat likely" over the next 12 months. Those are some of the conclusions of a TIME/Discovery Channel poll that sampled attitudes from 1,000 adult Americans from August...
...Select results from this TIME/Discovery Channel poll appear in this week?s issue of TIME, on newsstands Monday. For additional results from this poll, tune in to Ted Koppel?s premiere on the Discovery Channel. Koppel on Discovery ? The Price of Security will air from 8-11 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 10. Click here for more information on Koppel?s premiere...