Word: tribalized
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...workmanship, from the spiral stone carvings of the chambered mounds of County Meath in Ireland, to the huge mortice - and - tenoned pedestals of the island of Menorca. The Scandinavians stood their stones in boat formation; the Portuguese shaped them like eggs. What they had in common is that tribal leaders put them there to prove they'd picked the right spot, says Cope. "They mythologized it for being flood - free, fertile and safe. That's a universal response." Archaeologists might well pick holes in his arguments; they lent an indulgent ear to his lecture on Odin at the British Museum...
...Early last week, Pakistani commandos disguised in turbans and tribal tunics surrounded the mud house where five of Mesud's men were holding the hostages. On Thursday, according to Lieut. General Safdar Hussain, the regional commander, a shot was heard inside the house. Fearing that the militants were executing their captives, the general said, the commandos attacked. All five kidnappers were killed in the ensuing gunfight, along with one hostage, 32-year-old engineer Wang Peng, who died of gunshot wounds. His fellow captive Wang Ende, 49, was rescued alive. Meanwhile, Mesud was several kilometers away, in touch with...
...country?usually a developing nation that had recently shaken off colonial rule?Naipaul's modus operandi was to discover quickly that his hosts were relinquishing the gifts of civilization?courts of law, hygiene, tar roads?bequeathed to them by their European overlords and crawling back into tribal ritual, sham spirituality and chaos. He did this for more than 30 years, and when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks took place and overnight it became important to know something about countries like Iran and Pakistan, intellectuals in America and Britain were grateful that Naipaul had already filled a whole bookshelf with essays...
Duelfer's report also gives an extraordinary, intimate glimpse into the dictator's behavior. Lieutenants thought his psychology was "powerfully shaped by a deprived and violent boyhood in a village and tribal society," especially by the strong influence of his xenophobic guardian uncle. One aide said Saddam "loved the use of force," confirming the tale that in 1982 he "ordered the execution" of a disloyal minister "and delivery of the dismembered body to the victim's wife...
...WORK TO DO IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE BACK IRAQI cities held by insurgents. The job began last week, as 3,000 U.S. and 2,000 Iraqi troops stormed Samarra. In September talks with tribal groups there helped the U.S. begin to seat a city council. But the accord broke down, and the city slipped into rebel control. Baghdad bureau chief Michael Ware reports from Samarra, which is a tune-up battle for tougher strongholds like Fallujah...