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...recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago, Ill. and Providence, R.I. strike with especial poignance to the college crowd. The sad and painful death of so many people resonates with students—many of whom frequent nightclubs regularly. It seems that disasters such as these could strike at a club near Harvard, or any college campus, in the plainest and most ordinary of circumstances...
...that attack had involved a bomb planted in advance. "This is the first time they have used a suicide bomber," he says in the headquarters compound his intelligence chiefs believe had been the attacker's ultimate target. For six weeks the frontline command has been waiting for such a strike, he says. "So I don't think it has a relationship with the conference in Erbil because they are always planning these suicide attacks. If they wanted to hit the conference then they would go there...
...That assertion is unlikely to comfort the conference delegates seeking to broker agreement on the future of a post-Saddam Iraq. Ansar al-Islam has sent a clear reminder they are willing, and able, to strike anywhere. A month ago they assassinated a senior party and military official in the midst of negotiations with extremist elements. The Kurdish fighters along this frontline are anxiously awaiting the arrival on the battlefield of U.S. bombers and ground troops - to dispatch not only Saddam and Ba'ath Party, but also Ansar and its al-Qaeda backers...
...more the rest of America worries about terrorism and war, the more my Montana neighbors and I worry about the rest of America. It doesn't make sense to worry about ourselves. Anything can happen, to be sure, but it's hard to imagine a strike on little Livingston (pop. 6,800). As for formulating evacuation plans, we headed for the hills the day we moved here, and we've already assembled our survival kits. Duct tape? There's a roll in every pickup. Drinking water? Dip a bucket in the creek. Extra food? It's grazing all around...
...without Saddam Hussein, but we fear that an Iraq war would spread to other Muslim countries. Because Europe has a high percentage of Muslims and is in close geographical proximity to the Arab world, Europeans may have better insight into what will happen if the U.S. launches a unilateral strike. JAN SANDER Bremen, Germany...