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...Iraq. But last week, the mood was as sweet and satisfying as a Schweizerdeutsch dessert - mit Schlag. U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General John Ashcroft arrived in Davos weighed down with olive branches, while European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet praised American optimism, and Iranian academic Mahmood Sariolghalam said that Iraq was poised to become a symbol of success in the Middle East...
...Lending money to the world's poorest people? With no collateral? You must be out of your mind." That was the typical response Deutsche Bank's Asad Mahmood says he used to get when he tried to sell Wall Street on the concept of expanding microcredit in developing countries as a viable investment rather than charity work. But throw in a projected risk-adjusted return of 14%, and suddenly the Sheratons, ADPs and CalPERS of the world are more willing to consider what has long been the province of venture philanthropists and NGOs. As director of Deutsche Bank's Community...
Hunted in Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Qaeda terrorists are slipping into Iran in droves, often with the aid of smugglers like Mahmood. Washington believes that several al-Qaeda leaders, including security chief Saif al-Adil, are hiding in that country. Iran counters that it's impossible to seal off its rugged, 1,000-mile eastern border. "We're trying our best," Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi told TIME. "We have strong objections to al-Qaeda, politically and religiously...
...Mahmood the smuggler nods up the desert highway toward Iran's mountainous border with Pakistan and Afghanistan. He suspects that many of his Arab passengers are members of al-Qaeda fleeing the authorities. "I don't care who you are. Even if you're a criminal, I'll take you, as long as you've got the money," he says, revving up his Toyota...
...assault clearly took a toll on Ansar's militants. Politburo member Mahmood Sangarwi of the pro-American Patriotic Union of Kurdistan says 60 dead were left behind after Friday's battles. In the rocky terrain of Saturday's exchange I saw eight more slain Ansar fighters. Some had died in their bunkers; others were cut down as they fled over open ground or among relatively exposed rocky outcrops. Their corpses remained where they had fallen throughout the assault...