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...military of your own? For Hamid Karzai, the answer sometimes is just to take care of the little things. On a recent afternoon, Afghanistan's interim leader decides to take the pulse of the capital, Kabul, on foot. Before setting out, he removes his trademark green-striped Uzbek robe and puts on a less flashy overcoat. Accompanied by a pair of aides but no bodyguards, he strolls through the palace gates to check out the city. He stops at a shop selling TV dishes, which had been banned by the fundamentalist Islamic former rulers, the Taliban, and exchanges friendly banter...
...weekend in Saudi Arabia. crown prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud has rounded up a few brothers, sons and friends for a royal game of lawn bowls. Wearing a Bedouin robe and an incongruous pair of striped Adidas running shoes, the de facto ruler of the world's richest oil sheikdom is ready to play. He stands up to the pitch and hurls a weighty ball down the grassy turf with impressive precision. Throughout the afternoon, he is constantly up and down from his chair, despite his considerable girth and advanced age (78). In between throws and sips...
...Roger Lodge (don’t worry, no one else knows who he is either). On a recent episode, confident coquette Pamela met Tony, an electronics salesman with a knack for skirt-chasing. The two began the date with a long stroll on the beach, where Pamela dropped her robe and revealed a strapless two-piece bathing suit and an even tan. Feeling patriotic, Pam suggested they gather rocks and paint them red, white and blue to honor the devoted beach firemen. After a commercial break, Pamela downed too much bubbly and stripped down to nothing, dragging her date into...
...When he’s at home, why would he wear anything more? But it was only when the cameras rolled, and then an immediate robe was thrown my way. But I didn’t mind. It was a little chilly...
...same token, with the total collapse of the Taliban, everything has changed. Omar has lost his robe. The Arab street is silent. The joy is gone. And recruitment? The Pakistani mullahs who after Sept. 11 had urged hapless young men to join the Taliban in fighting America and now have to answer to bereaved parents are facing ostracism and disgrace. Al-Qaeda agents roaming the madrasahs of Pakistan and the poorer neighborhoods of the Arab world will have a much harder sell. The syllogism of invincibility that sustained Islamic fanaticism is shattered...