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...nixing of Maxim is Ally's first victory in what may be a long crusade. "We're starting with Wal-Mart," he says. "They're not our only target. We want to try to slow down this slide into the moral abyss that America...
Then the war with Iraq starts, and the last third of "Persepolis" tells of its domestic ramifications. Tehran, where Satrapi lived, soon became a target for bombing and eventually for scud missiles. One day the maid arrives with a plastic, gold-painted key given to her son in school. "They told the boys that if they went to war and were lucky enough to die, this key would get them into heaven." A cousin from the front lines confirms the use of underclass children as mine fodder. One chilling page depicts the silhouettes of exploding bodies with keys around their...
...TIME.com: Could al-Qaeda's new strategy be to confront not only the U.S. presence in the region, but also more directly target Washington's Arab allies...
...Saudi attacks raise a further question: Will al-Qaeda now move to translate its hostility to U.S.-allied Arab regimes into direct attacks on those regimes, or will it simply target U.S. personnel and civilians on their soil? Palestinian Islamist groups, for example, tend to challenge the Palestinian Authority not by targeting Palestinian security personnel, but by sending suicide bombers into Israel at times when the PA is seeking to implement cease-fires. There would certainly be a danger of a backlash against Bin Laden even from sympathetic Saudis if he launched a campaign of violence at home against fellow...
...within Pakistan is not inconceivable. As far as weapons of mass destruction are concerned, moreover, Pakistan is aware its nuclear arsenal is worrying many influential people in Washington, who argue it could end up in terrorist hands. When Musharraf said during the Iraq war that the U.S.'s next target could be Pakistan, he was giving early warning that if Washington felt threatened by elements that had found succor in Pakistan, it would not hesitate to act militarily, with or without Islamabad's permission...