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...argument Haq and other video-shop owners like him can't win in this Pakistani frontier town. It often ends with unknown assailants bombing their stores in the night. Haq's shop is the latest to be bombed by what locals call the Taliban, religious vigilantes who don't necessarily come from Afghanistan but who take their cue from its erstwhile rulers. No one was hurt by the 4 a.m. bombing of his store, but the message was clear. So Haq is getting out of the video business, as owners of some 40 similar shops in the neighborhood have also...
...This time, she tackles death, or, as she calls it, the Good Death. More precisely, it’s the soldier’s attempt to maintain dignity when confronted with the war’s greatest indignity, anonymous death. Even when writing about the unknown slain stomped deep into mass graves, Faust invests her subjects with significance, granting the soldiers a Good Death a century after their first. Faust’s humor emerges subtly, the finest example coming when she turns her attention to the fashion of mourning. Women at home bought rich black silks and velvets...
...separate parts. The three players who have contributed most obviously to the Patriots success—Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and Wes Welker—have all had their best seasons as pros. It’s certainly been fun to see Welker elevate his status from relative unknown to the league’s leading receiver,. More rewarding has been watching two of the NFL’s most talented players—Brady and Moss—grow simply by virtue of working with the other. While the wins and the records have been the icing...
...heads into Super Tuesday with polls showing Hillary Clinton leading him in all but two of the 22 states that will be voting on February 5. The Obama campaign is planning a full schedule for Kennedy, particularly in places, such as the Latino community, where Obama remains an unknown quantity and the Kennedy name still carries enormous emotion. Kennedy also carries significant clout with organized labor, which could be looking for a new candidate to rally behind, now that John Edwards' star has faded. "To have him offer such a powerful endorsement, I think, will mean...
...Gizab, about 100 km northeast of Tarin Kowt, the Taliban have established Sharia law and made the town a way-station for opium smugglers. ISAF patrols have not ventured into the town for a couple of years. The number of Taliban fighters in Uruzgan is unknown - estimates range from 300 to 3,000 - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of their terror tactics. In November, on the vital highway between Tarin Kowt and Kandahar, capital of the adjacent province, five Afghan police manning Australian-built checkpoints were killed and their corpses strung up as a warning against collaboration with...