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...plane had been called in to support U.S. and Afghan ground forces that had come under fire in the area. The incident occurred in Uruzgan province, near the ancestral home of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. The U.S. has been particularly embarrassed by its failure to capture the peasant mystic-turned-insurgent since he is believed to have simply retreated into the mountains of the province. Some local reports suggested that Monday's tragedy could have come about during a renewed U.S. operation to capture the Taliban leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civilians Suffer in Afghan Guerilla War | 7/2/2002 | See Source »

Religious faith in the South End was never limited to Christianity; 1843 witnessed East Prussian Jews building the first synagogue in Boston. The religious quilt continued to expand as Methodists, Baptists and Congregationalists joined Catholics in establishing worship centers. The eclecticism continues today with a center of the mystic faith of Sufism opposite a nail salon on Harrison Avenue...

Author: By Julia G. Kiechel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Surprises in the South End | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

...honoree made his feature film debut with Mystic Pizza in 1988 and recieved a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as a brilliant young lawyer in the TV series “L.A. Law.” He went on to star in the briefly-lived police drama “High Incident...

Author: By Ravi Agrawal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blair Underwood To Host Cultural Rhythms Show | 2/21/2002 | See Source »

Answer: Great Britain. Small wonder something this eccentric would come from the land of William Blake, the mystic poet and proto-comix artist, and Alan Moore, the mystic contempo-comix writer. Appearing mostly in the British small press (i.e. photocopied) scene, "Abe" gathers together almost fifty short pieces that have appeared over the last fifteen years. They all star Abe Rat, an ironically cruel name for a nebbishy character who mostly just wants to figure out what makes him happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping it Quiet | 1/15/2002 | See Source »

...capture may be of limited military and political significance, it remains an almost embarrassing failure given the priority it has been accorded. After all, the one-eyed "commander of the faithful" is no slick cosmopolitan terrorist trained in the dark arts of conspiracy. He's simply a deluded peasant mystic who, having lost the key pillars of his power - military support from Pakistan and al Qaeda, and financial support from Saudi Arabia - has simply headed for the hills in his Pashtun heartland. The fact of his continued freedom signals the limited enthusiasm of the warlords that have replaced the Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Bad Guys Get Away in Afghanistan | 1/8/2002 | See Source »

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