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...city dubbed "Londonistan" for its large population of fervent Islamists, British security forces have done little since 9/11 to quell provocateurs like al-Muhajiroun, which is widely suspected of influencing young men to join the jihad. Many of the MAGNIFICENT 19 stickers plastered on lampposts and walls across Britain have been scratched off by authorities, but police rarely disrupt al-Muhajiroun's stalls or meetings. Last month police raided the homes of the group's leaders, Sheik Omar Bakri Muhammad and Anjem Choudary, but both men remain at liberty...
Many of Universal's 7,000 employees are nervous about working for such famously hard-nosed bosses. Wright sought to quell those fears at Universal headquarters last week. He says NBC would look for $200 million in "synergies" from new revenues and combined efficiencies, and $200 million from cost cuts, including facilities, purchases and people. As for big layoffs, Wright says, "Chopping off heads won't get you those kinds of numbers." One head that won't roll: Vivendi Universal Entertainment boss Ron Meyer. Both men argue that their staffs and goals fit. "We're not prima donnas here," says...
...months now, U.S. officials have banked on the capture of Saddam Hussein to quell the attacks against American soldiers. But as Mohammed's story illustrates, resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq goes beyond loyal remnants of the old regime. The non-Baathist components of the opposition include nationalists, tribalists and ordinary citizens offended by the armed presence of foreigners and especially by the occupiers' perceived power abuses. Other resisters include non-Iraqi Arabs, possibly jihadis who have traveled to Iraq to take on the U.S., as well as fundamentalist Shi'ites...
...spread, Liberians asked, what took you so long? ECOMOG was meant to be the symbol of a new era. The intervention force, drawn from the armies of 15 West African nations, was first deployed in 1990 after the outbreak of civil war in Liberia. Since then, it has helped quell unrest in Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast. Washington points to it as an example of Africa helping itself, and over the past few years has trained Nigerian, Ghanaian and Senegalese battalions. But with around 1,300 troops in Ivory Coast, and West African soldiers in Congo as part...
...schizoid regime in Iran--technically led by President Mohammed Khatami, whose attempts at reform have been stymied by supreme religious leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei--may be able to quell this rebellion, as it did a similar movement in 1999, aided by progovernment civilian militias. "Our leader has ordered us to protect the revolution," said Assad, a corpulent militia member, as he attempted to stop cars heading to the protests Friday. Assad characterizes the students as "prostitutes and gays...