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...number include both former Baathist officers, nationalists and Islamists, as well as Shiite fighters loyal to the militant rabble rouser Moqtada Sadr - and, of course, a foreign terrorist element whose frequent high-profile suicide attacks, such as Monday's killing of the head of the Governing Council, Izzedine Saleem, sow chaos and keep the occupation authority on the defensive. The prevailing paradox is that while the Coalition's forces may be the only effective means of guaranteeing security in Iraq after June 30, their continued presence also undermines security as the various insurgent groups capitalize on the growing enmity toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Insurgents Look to the Future | 5/19/2004 | See Source »

...contacts with him. With much of al-Qaeda's leadership destroyed, al-Zarqawi is an archetype of the new terrorism threat: a global operator plugged into a network of like-minded Islamists from London to Lahore. In his letter, al-Zarqawi declared that if his efforts to sow chaos in Iraq fail, "we can pack up and leave and look for another land." Few tasks in the war on terrorism are more urgent than to find him before he does so. --By Romesh Ratnesar

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abu al-Zarqawi | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...Baghdad, told TIME that compared with capturing Saddam, unraveling the network of terrorist organizations in Iraq is a much rougher struggle. Unlike Saddam's loyalists, the jihadists operate in cells that are not based in specific neighborhoods or tribes. They avoid fighting the U.S. directly, instead using terrorism to sow fear and undermine security among Iraqi civilians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's The Enemy Now? | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...candidate himself. "It is hard to watch the JRE campaign continuing to spin these second-place finishes," wrote one. "We need to WIN." Nor is there any way to be sure that these comments are coming from actual supporters. They could as easily be posted by opponents trying to sow discontent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: With Friends Like These ... | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...Islam's. I have no patience for people who say their God is bigger than that of others. In fact, it's mere nonsense and malicious, especially in reference to Christians, Muslims and Jews, all of whom believe in one God. Religious fundamentalists from any faith who slander and sow hatred against others of a different creed are using religion as an excuse for pursuing their personal worldly interests. In a spiritual way, we are all God's children. So let's stop hating and killing one another. DIETRICH HUCKE Jena, Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 1, 2003 | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

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