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...better life was obtainable. His rebellion began in small ways. He started to smoke, but never once lit a cigarette in front of his stern father, a powerful weight lifter who would have disapproved. As a teenager, Abouhalima began to hang around with members of the outlawed al- Jama'a Islamiyya, or Islamic Group, which considered the blind Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman its spiritual guide...
...regime, which he attacks for "spreading vice and immorality" and "trying to eradicate Islamic values," play particularly well to younger audiences. At Cairo University's Dar al Ulum college of education, the vast majority of students embrace Islam, but few seem to endorse the violent methods employed by Al Jama'a. Nonetheless, a student notes, "there should be more of a dialogue between the fundamentalists and the government." That day seems far off. In the wake of the Trade Center explosion, Mubarak told the Washington Post that he rules out further political liberalization. "There will be some ups and downs...
...result is a vicious standoff. Islamic groups, of which Sheik Omar's is just one of many, have accelerated their attacks on security forces and Coptic Christians, as well as tourist sites. Last year 80 people were killed and 130 wounded. Al Jama'a, which is believed to operate in small cells, has claimed responsibility for most of the 20 tourist attacks. In addition to the cafe attack, one Briton has been killed and five Germans wounded. Revenues from tourism, which were expected to total $4 billion this year, have been cut in half...
Barber: The researchers don't know. It could be that both are related to a common factor - a high level of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone is one plausible culprit. In any case, an editorial in JAMA says the correlation between baldness and heart disease is statistically sound...
Only an "outside authority" can disarm Somalia, says 56-year-old Ahmed Jama, a former Somali national police chief. "We are unable -- or unwilling -- to disarm ourselves. The best authority, which has the goodwill of the Somali people, is the American soldiers." He thinks it would take four to six months for "total disarmament." If the U.S. proves unwilling to undertake this part of its mission, then the result will be like the end of the Gulf War -- a job half done...