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...fatwa ordering that Saddam's murderous henchmen be killed. Al-Sadr's son Muqtada, an outspoken young Shi'ite cleric, has incited violence against U.S. forces in Iraq. Former regime officials believe some of the revenge killings are being committed by members of the Badr Brigade, an armed militia loyal to Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, another Shi'ite cleric, who died in the August bombing of the sacred shrine of Ali in Najaf...
...counterfeit euros pose no threat to Bulgaria's economy (the country is not joining the E.U. until 2007 at the earliest and use of the currency is probably a decade away), Borissov, a former bodyguard to the Prime Minster, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, wants to be seen as a loyal soldier to the West in the war on fakes. Next June, the country is hosting a Europe-wide conference on forging currency. "It's a question of honor," says Borissov. "We want to prove that Bulgaria is ready for Europe, that we are real Europeans." Breaking up individual operations...
...uniform of Saddam's Fedayeen. But their bodies were not found on the battlefield or in the local hospital, while locals insist that only civilian bystanders were killed. Still, by the accounts of both locals and American troops, the fighting was fierce and protracted. The idea of forces loyal to Saddam Hussein still running around in uniform seven months after U.S. forces took control of Iraq - and capable, according to the account of the U.S. commander on the ground, of sustaining 54 casualties and then retreating in a sufficiently organized manner that allowed for the evacuation...
...feeble. Most of his provincial governors are viewed as corrupt, and all are toothless in the face of regional warlords who rule life outside the capital. Far from appreciating the esteem that Karzai enjoys in the West, many Afghans see him as an American puppet. Most are either more loyal to or more frightened of the well-armed warlords...
...second-eldest son Gamal holds a top policy post in the ruling party, but denies he has presidential ambitions; his father has publicly scoffed at the notion of a hereditary succession. More pertinent, Gamal lacks the backing of the military, which may prefer Field Marshall Mohamed Tantawi, Mubarak's loyal Defense Minister. Mubarak himself has lately thrust intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman into the limelight by giving him the task of negotiating an Israei-Palestinian cease-fire. Mubarak completed his speech after a 45-min. break. A squash player, the President is in relatively good health. But many Egyptians doubtless...