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...boys' exuberance. All the short-listed Turner Prize works are turbulent and politically engaged. In Lagos-based Yinka Shonibare's Un Ballo in Maschera, elegant dancers in bright 18th century costumes re-enact a historical regicide to a soundtrack of their own shuffling feet. In The House of Osama bin Laden, Brits Langlands & Bell let you wander through a computer simulation of bin Laden's stark, empty Afghanistan home - war has moved elsewhere, so the piece toys with virtual reality's usual role as the background for a shoot 'em-up. Whether you want to look for parallels between past...
After five saudi extremists launched a brazen commando attack last week on the U.S. consulate in Jidda - the Red Sea port city that was Osama bin Laden's hometown - it came as something of a relief that they failed to penetrate the building and claimed only five innocent lives. But the latest terrorist operation by al-Qaeda loyalists raises serious new concerns. It was the first time al-Qaeda managed to strike an American diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. Riding in a car emblazoned with a banner reading there is no god but god, ringleader Fayez bin Awad al Juhaini...
...that lie behind such contrasts are corrected, there is little hope for peace in that blood-smeared region. William P. Reich Evanston, Illinois, U.S. If there had been no Arafat, we would not have suicide bombers or the suspicion of terrorism in every public place in the world. Would Osama bin Laden have masterminded the 9/11 attacks without Arafat's having led the way? Doubtful. All citizens of the Western world (not just Israelis) should remember Arafat and the terrorist acts he inspired every time they have to go through a metal detector or take their shoes...
...It’s not only about drying up the financial resources,” Zinni said. “It’s more about changing the conditions that feed Osama bin Laden and other terrorist groups...
...prefer their housecleaners to do things quietly. It has been difficult to tell if Goss was orchestrating a loyalty purge or making an example of some of the CIA's best operatives. Either way, Goss has unleashed a costly spectacle that must at least amuse the likes of Osama bin Laden, still at large more than three years after 9/11: CIA officers and their many retired allies in the private sector working the phones and fax lines to warn the world that Goss's cure may be worse than what afflicts the nation's 57-year-old spy factory. "Anytime...