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...While the Turks drive their tanks through Barmani in broad daylight once a week, the PKK guerillas are more elusive. Although the Turkish army claims that the PKK is using northern Iraq as a staging ground for attacks inside Turkey, the PKK's main bases are in the Qandil mountains, near the border with Iran and beyond the easy reach of a large Turkish force. The few PKK bases near the Turkish border are also difficult to reach, located long distances on single-track dirt roads high in classic insurgency country. One camp that's home to some 300 fighters...
...next morning, I drove up the hill toward my house, and I was shocked by the devastation. The whole neighborhood was charred. It looked like a wind tunnel of fire had gone through. By daylight I saw that only five houses on my side of the street were O.K. I called three of my neighbors at 6 a.m. and told them their houses were OK. They choked up. The house directly across from ours had completely burned to the ground...
...live? Or is it the men with the guns around you 24 four hours a day that make you ignore the crying of the people? Do you ever worry about your house being broken into? Do you ever worry about your car being taken away from you in broad daylight down Highway 54? Do you ever worry about your wife becoming the woman in black? Do you ever worry about leaving home and coming back in a coffin with a bullet through your head...
...they can trip over each other for a change. 3. One can jaywalk across JFK without getting hit by a Masshole driver. 4. Beer. 5. One can jaywalk across JFK while wasted, and still not get hit. 6. Beer goggles aren’t as cloudy in the daylight. 7. Peeing on John Harvard. During the day. In front of/in splatter range of tourists. 8. More beer, followed by unnecessary screaming and hooting. 9. It’s not technically a walk of shame if it’s still light out. 10. The myriad foreign cuisines to pair with...
...traveled from Egypt to lead the prayers. While he spoke, children weaved between prayer rug stands and bake sale tables. Attendees mingled in the courtyard while snacking on baghrir—a North African pancake stuffed with almonds, coconuts, and honey—breaking their fast from the daylight hours. “It’s not just a mosque—it’s a symbol. It’s more than just a building, it’s a place that holds a community together,” said Salimah Hankins, lead organizer for the event...