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Moreover, not only does Saddam's demise pose potential threats to his neighbors; many of them actually benefit from the current impasse through the smuggling economy spawned by sanctions and Iraq's limited oil production. And the regional political climate is quite different from 1991, with anti-American feeling running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Saddam Remains a Tough Target | 1/30/2002 | See Source »

A study in contrasts, Mohammad Ichsan, deputy commander of Laskar Jihad's forces in Sulawesi, exudes a high-energy rage that reverberates in his hoarse voice, as he leans forward on the edge of a chair in the group's headquarters, a small house at the end of a narrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Dirty Little Holy War | 12/17/2001 | See Source »

Massita, 61, takes a piece of old cloth from her battered white purse, unfolds it and gingerly lays out seven miniature knives. The crude blades are nicked, the wooden handles worn. An older woman sitting next to her leans over and taps the knives twice with the fingers of her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Rites | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

Rob, one of Penn’s key wide receivers, leans slumped against a car, talking with his grandparents, who postponed their trip to Florida for a week so they could come to the game today.

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tailgaters enjoy the show—on and off the field | 11/13/2001 | See Source »

The Northern Alliance swears it inducts no soldiers younger than 18 years old. But a visit to the trenches proves that rule unenforced. Zulmai leans against a rusty Russian tank on a hill overlooking the Taliban-controlled city of Taloqan. He is 18 but joined the mujahedin at 15, just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Child Soldiers | 11/11/2001 | See Source »

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