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...Musharraf, forced by the U.S. to retreat from supporting an insurgency movement in Kashmir, discovered that the anger of Pakistan's domestic jihadis is a destructive force that won't be contained, only fatally redirected into murderous attacks on his home soil and possibly, suicide strikes in the Indian heartland. "The temple attack was a typical act of the fidayeen (suicide squad) terrorists," said a senior intelligence official in India, fingering Pakistan. "It has been a trend for banned groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba or the Jaish-e-Mohammad to take credit through an unknown front organization...
Everyone who works at the Detroit crossings knows that just one lapse could let a crate of AK-47s or Semtex, a cache of anthrax spores or nerve gas, even a dirty bomb or a "nuke-in-the-box"--a stolen nuclear warhead--into the American heartland. "We don't even talk about what happens if something gets through," says Anderson. "Every day, we say we're going out there and stop everything." It's a far more serious business than when he signed on as a customs inspector in 1971, and his employment interview consisted of two questions...
...wishes) and became the dominant component of Karzai's government (much to the president's discomfort, although their power on the ground - and the reluctance of the U.S. to challenge it - leaves him little choice). Despite his own Pashtun roots, Karzai's ability to secure support in his heartland is imperiled by the disproportionate Tajik power in Kabul. That suits his Pashtun enemies: Since the Spring, the Taliban, al-Qaeda and Hekmatyar have all sought to foment a new 'jihad' against Karzai and the U.S. by exploiting Pashtun alienation from the Tajik-dominated government. That, and the vicious rivalry among...
Thank you for your informative article on Camp Heartland, the Minnesota summer camp for youngsters with HIV and AIDS [Society, Aug. 12]. I believed that prejudice against kids with AIDS was a thing of the past, but your story shows that ignorance and hysteria are still with us. It is mind-boggling how people can single out a few defenseless children for rejection because they are ill. BILL HEINMILLER Athens...
...acres of woodland in Willow River, Minn., Camp Heartland was started in 1993 by Neil Willenson, then 31, after he saw how Nile Sandeen, then 5, born HIV-positive, was mistreated. "Parents wanted him to have his own isolated seat on the school bus, and even his own bathroom at school," recalls Willenson. He made it his mission to create a summer camp that would offer the Nile Sandeens of the world a week of "normal childhood" during which they could experience fun like ordinary kids before they died. "I predicted I'd lose them all, one by one," says...