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...trucking industry, which moves 68% of the nation's freight (trains carry just 14%), has a long way to go to protect its fleets from terrorists. Only now are plans being developed for trucking firms to supply officials at loading docks with the names of drivers who will pick up goods. Trucking executives are also working with chemical and oil companies to cross-check the identity of drivers before trucks are filled...
...decision to move with Ibrahim to his country. Once there, Julie delves into the new culture. While Ibrahim, who never allows himself to enjoy the present, is busy struggling to obtain visas to some other country, any other country, she is living and learning. He feels he has to protect her pampered sensibilities from the coarse reality of his culture. She needs no protection; she is willing to risk dirty bathrooms and try her hand at cooking for the sake of adventure. She even learns the language of Ibrahim’s people with great interest...
...historical precedent, the Court is made up of learned people,” he said. “The Court is needed to protect the opinions of the minority...
...gold mine on Sumbawa that employs several hundred Americans who live there with their families and who supervise a workforce made up of thousands of local people. As soon as this crisis started, the electrician told me, the locals saw the looming threat to their jobs, and decided to protect the mining operation and their American partners. They?ve set up their own law and order forces, cordons and roadblocks, and made it clear that they will not allow outside interference in their lives. My electrician was upset that this type of development, which involves thousands of Indonesian Muslims...
...theory goes like this: A victory in a major city in the north, like Mazar-I-Sharif, will provoke a total collapse of Taliban forces. The soft core Taliban fighters - mujahideen who defected in 1996 to protect either regional or personal interests - will break away, while the supply lines of the hard core Talib will be shattered. Once the north has been secured, the Alliance will move on Kabul. They will push as far as the edge of the city, however, but will not enter, in deference to the terrible memories of chaos and pillage in 1992 when they last...