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...army is deserting." U.S. forces seized the capital on April 9 as Saddam statues toppled everywhere. But the man, perhaps, remained standing. On April 24, before the maid was allowed to return to Baghdad, she overheard her boss say Saddam was with Qusay in the Adhamiyah district, incognito in Arab garb and driving an ordinary car. --By Michael Weisskopf/Baghdad
...worse than sitting in a cramped airline seat for a six-hour flight across the country? Having to stay awake and alert the whole time. That's the job of the nation's several thousand federal air marshals (FAMs), a force of highly trained security officers who travel incognito on selected flights to look out for possible trouble. Though the number of FAMs has increased dramatically since Sept. 11, 2001, the exhausting and often boring job is causing morale problems. In response, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is about to take some agents off airplanes and reassign them to surveillance...
...Some folks believe that Elvis never died, though they can't explain how one of the world's most recognizable people could remain incognito all these years, or why he'd want to. But let's assume for a second that the Big E is still around. Why, this very evening, perhaps in Argentina at a reunion of nonagenarian Nazis, or in Bin Laden's cave, or deep in Area 51, some thoughtful soul will stick 68 candles into a Twinkie and lead a chorus of "Happy Birthday, Dear Elvis." You can join in from afar...
...settle in. "There was this sadness in his eyes that gave me chills," says a former aide. Gore turned the corner that summer, when he gave up his Secret Service protection and took a six-week European vacation with Tipper, the longest break of their 32-year marriage. Incognito under beard, baseball cap and sunglasses, Gore finally relaxed, and "by the time I got back from that vacation, I was pretty much over...
...Many women who did not wear the burka before the Taliban took over say they are still nervous about security and, for now at least, prefer to remain anonymous in public. A few rely on begging to get by and so prefer to go incognito. Others simply say they are used to the burka and feel uncomfortable going without it. "I feel safer wearing the burka," says Qasida, 26, an engineering student at Kabul University. "There are places you go where men look at you; it's just easier to be covered." When the Taliban forced Qasida to stop attending...