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...Morning After Nov. 1, 2004 ----------------- The God Gene Oct. 25, 2004 ----------------- The Vote Battle Oct. 18, 2004 ----------------- Visions of Tomorrow Oct. 11, 2004 ----------------- The Tragedy of Sudan Oct. 4, 2004 ----------------- CBS Controversy Sept. 27, 2004 ----------------- America's Border Sept. 20, 2004 ----------------- Struggle Within Islam Sept. 13, 2004 ----------------- World of George Bush Sept...
...latest terror threat level from Orange to Yellow on grounds that current intelligence contains no concrete information about active operations or specific terror targets. CIA analysts' warnings that attacks might take place around Feb. 14 to coincide with the end of the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites, had gone unrealized. Bureau officials worried about the alert's corrosive effects on local law enforcement agencies, already stretched well beyond their budgets, as officers were forced by the heightened alert level to work even longer hours. FBI officials were also concerned that a protracted alert could erode...
...unsuspecting taxi driver was both the vehicle and a victim of a suicide bombing in Northern Iraq, today - an attack that served as a reminder that there are no rules in the campaign by the Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Islam against the local Kurdish authorities. The fight for control of a tiny sliver of northern Iraq pitches fighters loyal to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which rules the eastern part of the territory liberated from Saddam Hussein in 1991, against Ansar, a small cadre of homegrown Islamic militants supported, trained and reinforced by Osama bin Laden's organization. And today...
...That assertion is unlikely to comfort the conference delegates seeking to broker agreement on the future of a post-Saddam Iraq. Ansar al-Islam has sent a clear reminder they are willing, and able, to strike anywhere. A month ago they assassinated a senior party and military official in the midst of negotiations with extremist elements. The Kurdish fighters along this frontline are anxiously awaiting the arrival on the battlefield of U.S. bombers and ground troops - to dispatch not only Saddam and Ba'ath Party, but also Ansar and its al-Qaeda backers...
...quite shocking that Harvard lacks senior faculty studying modern Middle Eastern politics or modern Islam. What exists instead is a Near Eastern Languages and Civilization department strong in language studies, and scholars focusing on Islam’s Golden Age and medieval period. And while Harvard indeed excels in these areas, the lack of study on the modern Middle East undermines the Harvard’s ability to provide a complete academic approach to the region...