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...thwarted 1994 attempt to crash a fuel-filled airliner into central Paris; and a series of bombings in 1995-96, all orchestrated by Algeria's Armed Islamic Group - Bruguiere led French security services in identifying the nature, structure, and methods of jihadist terror networks, then moving to uproot and destroy them. "It was a very unique situation, because we were having to identify and learn about this deadly disease, and trying to cure it at the same time," Bruguiere previously told TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Loses its One-Man War on Terror | 7/6/2007 | See Source »

...behind in that category. Disraeli, a Jew, was British Prime Minister in the 19th century. But President of the United States is something else again. Other countries--let me see now--well, other countries don't invest their head of government with the power to push a button and destroy the world, do they? Only in America. What a country. So let's give ourselves a pat on the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pat-on-the-Back Factor | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...bomb outside Tiger Tiger was probably too small to destroy the nightclub, according to experts. "In the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, there you had a huge truck loaded with explosives parked under the World Trade Center, so much better placed, and a much better load. And it still didn't bring down the World Trade Center," Dr. Peter Neumann, the director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London, told TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suspects Emerge in the Terror Hunt | 7/2/2007 | See Source »

...bomb outside Tiger Tiger was probably too small to destroy the nightclub, according to experts. "In the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, there you had a huge truck loaded with explosives parked under the World Trade Center, so much better placed, and a much better load. And it still didn't bring down the World Trade Center,? Dr. Peter Neumann, the director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London, told TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Secure is Britain? | 7/1/2007 | See Source »

...using windmills and such). You are still increasing the carbon in the air, but someone else, thanks to you, is reducing it by an equal amount. The net effect: no additional carbon in the atmosphere. Of course, this is all strictly voluntary. If you want to be a pig, destroy the earth for future generations and face your kids, who've learned all about global warming in second grade, that's your privilege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Credit for Bad Behavior | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

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