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Police later recovered a bag of cash, a robbery note and a homemade zip gun from his car, but Wells' puzzling statements left investigators pondering three possible scenarios: Wells was forced into a crime and made its only victim; he was an accomplice, or he acted alone. To many of those who knew him, the last two theories seemed impossible...
...Indian police, who identified the victim only by his first name, Nasir, say he's the founder of the Gujarat Muslim Revenge Force, an extremist group started after Hindus killed some 2,000 Muslims in western India last year. Police blame the group for two bombings in Bombay last month in which 58 people died, along with a bus bomb in July and a train explosion in March that claimed a total of 15 lives. Intelligence officers say Nasir was trained and indoctrinated by Muslim extremists in Dubai and Pakistan, and remained a linkman to Pakistani terrorists. Nasir's brief...
...Asian Journey Home Your special issue on "the asian journey Home" was moving and thought provoking [Aug. 18-25]. It would also have been interesting to read an article by one of the Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korean agents. The victim could have described being forced to start a new life in an alien country and then, finally, being allowed to return to Japan. These Japanese were brutally snatched from their homeland and upon returning there had to leave behind children raised as North Koreans, not Japanese. Asami Oishi Osaka...
...they come out saturated with the practices of violent prison culture; certainly they will not have been fully rehabilitated if that is the case. Everyone should be concerned that a night in a holding cell for a wrongful arrest does not leave them or a loved one a victim of sexual assault...
...they see me—a Muslim with hair modestly covered. Perhaps, if they were slightly open-minded, they would recognize that I am saddened by the loss of any innocent life. If they were slightly politically aware, perhaps they would speculate that I’ve been the victim of post-September 11 domestic anti-terror legislation. But few would realize how deeply I have been affected by Sept. 11—as an American, as a Muslim, and as a human being...