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...axis of evil, combined with the impending war with Iraq, have acted as a spur to both Iran and North Korea to accelerate their nuclear programs. "If those countries didn't have much incentive or motivation before, they certainly did after the 'axis of evil' statement," says one Western diplomat familiar with the Iranian and North Korean programs. The Administration counters that both programs have been under way for many years. --By Massimo Calabresi
...Economist: “One American diplomat has given warning that a Mexican No could ‘stir up feelings’ against Mexicans in the United States. He draws comparisons with the Japanese-Americans who were interned after 1941, and wonders whether Mexico ‘wants to stir the fires of jingoism during...
Krugman: “Last week The Economist quoted an American diplomat who warned that if Mexico didn’t vote for a U.S. resolution it could ‘stir up feelings’ against Mexicans in the United States. He compared the situation to that of Japanese-Americans who were interned after 1941, and wondered whether Mexico ‘wants to stir the fires of jingoism during...
Something is wrong here. Krugman does attribute the direct quotations from the diplomat to The Economist, but he describes the quotations’ contexts—particularly in the second sentence—as though it is his voice and not The Economist’s. In doing so, he passes off entire sequences of words (e.g. “...compared the situation to that of Japanese-Americans who were interned after 1941, and wondered whether Mexico...”) written by The Economist...
...lecturer at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in the southern state of Johor. Azahari, a central figure in JI, has been identified in confessions of other plotters as the designer of the Bali bombs. "Azahari is the one that the police are really worried about," says a senior Western diplomat in Kuala Lumpur. "He's the one who has been to Afghanistan, has the al-Qaeda connection and can build bombs. That's a frightening combination...