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Pakistan has denied any connection to the attacks in Mumbai, though their meticulous planning, coordination and precision imply a level of direction that no ordinary militant group is capable of. But this time the terrorists may have gone too far. The murderers of Mumbai made special efforts to single out American and British nationals among their hostages, and killed the Israelis running Mumbai's Jewish center. This was clearly not just an attack on India; the assailants were taking on the "Jews and crusaders" of al-Qaeda lore. If it turns out that the massacre in Mumbai was planned...
...surrender to the interest of those with wealth, while the disenfranchised are stuck with wind and nuclear energy facilities in their midst. It is both fair and sad to say that if this project had been proposed for a poor neighborhood in Boston that the plan would have already gone through. The benefits and burdens of living in a more energy efficient manner must be shared by people from all parts of the socio-economic spectrum...
...irony of zealous holiday gift-giving has never been so grossly manifested. Damour’s demise smacks of tabloid absurdity—hence its prominence in the media and in conversation—but it is also a striking real-life indication of how far consumer culture has gone astray. As Joe Priester, a professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, suggested, we may attribute the homicidal mania of the Wal-Mart shoppers in question to “a sort of fear and panic of not having enough...
...club with a friend, Singh walked by the Café Leopold, and heard that there been shooting there 30 seconds earlier. “We were crossing by when that happened,” he said. “We ignored it and thought it was a drug deal gone foul.”Singh and his friend thought the firing was normal gang or street violence, but when they heard a second firing, they got away as fast as they could. “We didn’t look towards the cafe, we rolled...
...Delhi's request. A day later, however, Pakistan changed its tune - reportedly following a midnight meeting between army chief General Ashfaq Kiyani, on one side, and Zardari and his prime minister, on the other, - and said a more junior official would be sent instead. To date, no one has gone. So nobody believes the ISI takes its orders from the civilian government. In fact, when the government tried earlier this year to put the ISI under the control of the Interior Ministry, it was quickly sent packing...