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...Zarqawi is still on the run from U.S. forces. So there are limits to how much global networking he can do. But he is a skilled delegator, says one French official. And he doesn't even have to contact far-flung cells to influence them; he just has to inspire them from afar. --By Bruce Crumley
...husband whose wife is battling a recurrence of breast cancer, I have some advice for the DEA: be sure your far-flung investigative net snares real abusers, not just physicians whose patients, without treatment, are unable to live decently. In comparing a physician convicted of drug trafficking to a cocaine or heroin dealer, DEA administrator Karen Tandy sends a threatening message to physicians and patients alike. Unless rhetoric is followed up with a thoughtful and commonsense policy, it will be government run amuck. You can be sure that I and thousands of others will do what is necessary...
...hosts are the 300 Aborigines of Titjikala, a far-flung settlement in the Northern Territory, comprising members of the Arrente, Luritja and Pitjantjatjara tribal groups. The resort is a joint venture between them and Gunya Tourism, a firm set up to promote indigenous tourism experiences. Half of the profits go to the Titjikala Foundation's health and education programs, and the camp employs only local tribespeople. The objectives are cultural interaction and Aboriginal self-sufficiency, says Mark Provost, Gunya Tourism's managing director: "In remote areas such as Titjikala, tourism offers the prospect of economic independence and eliminates a sole...
...most enduring lesson terrorism experts have learned is that a movement as far-flung as bin Ladenism can't easily be contained. "It's been a constant truth in this discipline that by the time you've figured out what Islamists are up to, they've already moved on to something else," the French official says. At another point, he says, "We work tirelessly. We use every means at our disposal to discover and avert attacks. And we work as much as possible with our partners." Sometimes, he adds, the work pays off and attacks are averted; he mentions...
...What that means is that the boys have all the toys,” Bowden says. CFD firefighters get sent to pricey training programs in far-flung places like Alabama and Las Vegas, and they have access to water rescue equipment and other gadgets that firefighters at other fire departments can only dream...