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...guess? The short selling, as it's called, of airline and insurance stocks just before the attack has prompted a chilling theory: betting against his victims is Osama bin Laden's latest fund-raising tactic. An international investigation is underway, part of a broader probe to figure out how bin Laden finances his network...
...Pakistan has more than its share of Islamic militants. The country's ongoing support of Muslim rebels in Indian Kashmir has fanned the flames of militancy in every town and village. In this struggle, martyrdom has lately become a horrifying tactic; a Muslim Kashmiri youth in April last year blew himself up outside Indian army headquarters in Srinagar. Other militants staged an unsuccessful suicidal siege of the Red Fort in New Delhi. One Pakistani military official said he wouldn't be surprised if U.S. authorities discover that Pakistani nationals were involved in some phase of the Washington and New York...
...write a book to be published by Random House in December that examines the history of terrorism. His new book, to be titled "The Conquest of Terror," will examine the historical roots of terrorism since ancient times and show why it has been, though immensely destructive, an ultimately failed tactic. Carr will look at specific acts of terrorism from the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages, to more recent events in United States history, including acts committed during the War of 1812 when the British burned the White House and attacked civilians, William Sherman's declaration of "total...
Murphy is personally getting out the vote—a key tactic for past first-time candidates who successfully nabbed a seat on the council...
...same tactic has been employed in Bush’s dealings with China. Last week, in a surprising turnabout, administration officials let slip that they would not oppose a Chinese buildup of their nuclear arsenal. Tacitly encouraging any nation to build more nuclear weapons represents a dramatic shift in foreign policy. Since the end of the Cold War, nuclear powers have sought to preserve peace by reducing the world’s nuclear weapon stockpiles. A Chinese buildup seems certain to encourage similar measures by other Asian states, raising the risk of a new arms race. This bizarre overhaul...