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According to the FBI account, Hambali was furious at the failure of the Singapore plot and used the meeting in Thailand to announce an abrupt change in strategy. His group would avoid the risky business of attacking "hard targets," those located in big, well-policed cities or sites with obvious symbolic value. Instead, the terrorists would seek places where Americans or their allies went to shop, eat or vacation. Bali was the epitome of what they were aiming for; among those killed by the Kuta bombs were an estimated 75 Australians, 22 Britons and 7 Americans. Hambali...
Though the mockery flies fast and furious, most professors know it is all in good fun. “We try not to make anyone cry,” Gallicchio says...
...that any increase above 4% would have to come out of "modernization" savings - reforms like joint control centers for police, fire and ambulance; fire trucks with both full-time and part-time employees; and more flexibility in shift work. But that would mean job losses, so the firefighters were furious, questioning whether Blair was trying to "pull a Maggie" - prove Thatcher-like toughness to win votes. Blair's goal isn't so much union-busting as long-term political survival. Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced that the government had to borrow $31 billion this year...
...religious parties in Parliament are leading the charge against Musharraf, furious at him for helping the Bush Administration hunt down al-Qaeda terrorists both in Pakistan and next door in Afghanistan. Some Pakistanis, even inside the army, think Musharraf has gone too far, and public resentment against the U.S. is deepening. This fury is channeled through an Islamic group known as the Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the third-biggest faction in Parliament. An example of what's in store for Musharraf?and Washington?occurred last week when MMA chiefs started the parliamentary session with a prayer for Mir Aimal...
...Levy Mwanawasa. Zambia sent a group of scientists to the U.S., Europe and South Africa to investigate the risks of GM food, and last month they recommended retaining the ban. The offending grain will be taken to neighboring Malawi, while Zambia will receive non-GM aid. The U.S. was furious. Says one State Department official: "Beggars can't be choosers." Why the sudden about-face? The Zambians say that public concerns about GMOS encouraged a government rethink. But a senior government official told Time that diplomats from at least two European countries leaned on the Zambians in private discussions...