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...ites' 1991 and 1995 uprisings, even though it was George Bush Sr. who encouraged them. "There is no need for any communication with the Americans," says the Syria-based al-Wakil. Given such attitudes, says the senior British military source, it's tough even to make contact with the Shi'ites. So far, the Special Forces Groups are largely hiding out in the desert, minimizing contact with locals until any fighting starts. "We still don't know if people will welcome us or shoot us," he says...
...Pakistani man, Ahmed Afzal Qudoos. "We have finally apprehended Khalid Shaikh Mohammed," boasted Pakistani presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi. "He is the kingpin of al-Qaeda." Sources tell TIME that agents had been led to his hideout through the earlier arrest of an Egyptian in Quetta who had been in contact with Mohammed. Neighbors, wary of the lone Arab who appeared in their working-class area, tipped off the police, hoping for a reward. Phone records led them to Rawalpindi, where investigators say Mohammed had been hiding for 10 days before his arrest...
Despite the accidental blows that will inevitably come with any martial art, a lack of physical contact is actually at the heart of the Capoeira tradition. Brought to Brazil from Africa by Angolan slaves who needed to defend themselves from their newly appointed masters, Capoeira evolved as a self-defense mechanism masked as a recreational dance. “Now I can literally say that I dance like I fight, and I fight like I dance,” says Krieger...
Willett also said she thought discussions of the book would unite Cambridge’s diverse residents.“This is really to start some conversations with people you might not have contact with,” Willett said...
...some time PUK intelligence and government figures have been in communication with Komal's leadership. The day before the suicide bombing, Ansar's pirate radio station, transmitting only a few miles beyond the snowy mountains that host their bunkers, aired a vehement denunciation of the Kurdish group's contact with the government. On the PUK's frontline, troops gathered around radios and listened to the diatribe accusing Komal of being infidels. The soldiers dismissed it as a ploy - a few hours later Ansar vehicles and gunmen had moved into Komal's area of control to improve their position...