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...commonplace. Two men were killed and five injured last week when a patrol of Atta's soldiers tried to stop a group of Mohaqiq's men supposedly stealing a car. The same night, Hazaras also hijacked a taxi and beat its driver, 33-year-old Mauludeen, with the metal butts of their AK-47s. "It's just like it was before the Taliban was here," says the bandaged Mauludeen. "Only if the commanders unite will this violence stop...
Across Europe, uniformed security guards have appeared at the doors of once wide-open office blocks. Companies shopping for their first metal detectors have found themselves at the end of long waiting lists. And high-tech gizmos that three months ago might have appealed only to the truly paranoid now look like sensible precautions. Here are a few of the technologies poised to benefit from the new bull market in fear...
...them everywhere: in parks and at Disneyland, on battlefields and factory floors, but especially on downtown sidewalks from Seattle to Shanghai. "Cars are great for going long distances," Kamen says, "but it makes no sense at all for people in cities to use a 4,000-lb. piece of metal to haul their 150-lb. asses around town." In the future he envisions, cars will be banished from urban centers to make room for millions of "empowered pedestrians"--empowered, naturally, by Kamen's brainchild...
...commanders and soldiers crouched against the door leading to the roof. The missile hit at 4:05 p.m. For a split second, as the concussive sound waves radiated outward, lungs emptied. Shrapnel whistled by. Then Alliance soldiers burst into applause. A U.S. soldier picked up a fallen piece of metal. "Souvenir," he said, grinning. Six more strikes followed before the British SAS commander re-established contact with Dave, still penned in with the TV crews. The SAS soldier told the Alliance commander that after two more strikes, his men should fire all their weapons. "Our guy is going...
Tenacious D, comprised of Jack Black (whom you probably know as foul-mouthed Barry in High Fidelity and now as Shallow Hal himself) and Kyle Gass, have recently released their self-titled debut album. Part metal, part acoustic, part spoken word and entirely hilarious, Tenacious D defies categorization...