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...Privately, Pakistanis grumble that the U.S. and its coalition partners are pushing too hard and as a result the Pakistani army rushed headlong into Waziristan unprepared for the resistance it faced. "Yes, we're impatient," conceded one Western diplomat in Islamabad. "But we're operating against the unknown deadline of a major terrorist attack in the U.S. That's what drives us." Another Islamabad-based diplomat claimed that lately Western intelligence was picking up "lots of chatter" from its electronic eavesdropping and informants that "something very nasty was being planned out of Pakistan...
...Iraqis and the heavy footprint of the occupation is eased, the mutual antagonism will begin to dissipate. But until then, the prevailing mood for Americans and Iraqis is one of fear--fear of being caught in a suicide attack or a roadside bombing, fear of unemployment, fear of the unknown. "Fear is in our blood," my translator Ali Shaheen told me last week. "We fear even the future, what it may be hiding from us." With the handover of power just two months away, Iraq's future is closer, and scarier, than ever...
...Hynerotomachia, known for its perverse sexuality and violence, has enchanted scholars for hundreds of years because of its encrypted messages, unknown author and bizarre history. The Rule of Four opens with senior Paul Harris racing to complete the last stages of research for his thesis on the work...
...Officers were dispatched to Armenise Building 1 on Longwood Avenue to investigate an unknown chemical spill. Environmental Health & Safety was notified. The gel substance was cleared away and the area was deemed clean...
...domestic terrorism, and that provides a rich backdrop for certain defense and technology stocks. Meanwhile, gold and oil are a great hedge against geopolitical turmoil and should do fine anyway, as fast-growing China inhales the world's natural resources. Holding extra cash is a buffer against the unknown and could pay double if you invest it in the teeth of a terrorism sell-off and then wait for the inevitable rebound...