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...course, Collier isn't philosophically opposed to the idea of foreign aid. But his proposed solution to its inefficacy doesn't include celebrity rock concerts or NGO sloganeering - an approach he broadly derides as "the headless heart." Perhaps most controversially, he argues for military intervention in civil conflicts, citing as an example the British army's decisive 2001 rout of Sierra Leone's vicious Revolutionary United Front, which was infamous for recruiting child soldiers and wantonly butchering civilians. These aggressive steps aren't just a moral imperative; they also make economic sense, since, Collier estimates, a failed state costs...
Number of previously unknown airplane wrecks, some decades old, discovered by Nevada's Civil Air Patrol during its desert search...
...Ironically, the Indonesian government has pursued its own cases against Suharto, alleging widespread corruption. Indonesia's attorney general dropped corruption charges last year, citing Suharto's inability to defend himself due to poor health. But press reports indicate that a civil case seeking more than $1.5 billion, which alleges that Suharto misused charity funds during his rule, is still pending...
...dissuade him from drastic measures. The surge in terror attacks in recent weeks would be taken as pretext by the general for such a move. The repercussions, however, could be devastating. Already, Musharraf's popularity is at an all-time low; declaring emergency rule could drive the country into civil...
Islamic history will remember Osama bin Laden as a bad Muslim. Islamic canon is formal: a Muslim leader must do everything he can within his power to prevent fitna - civil war between Muslims. And that is exactly what bin Laden has done in Iraq, drawing us into a war and creating the circumstances for Shi'a and Sunni to kill each other. Whether or not al-Qaeda is responsible for every market truck bomb in Iraq, it will be laid at bin Laden's feet...