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When darkness falls, the men of the U.S. Army's 1-22 Infantry Brigade go to work. Operating in hostile territory, the troops use their night-vision capabilities to surprise the enemy. TIME photographer BENJAMIN LOWY accompanied a three-man sniper team on a night mission in Tikrit last week. From the roof of a five-story building, the team staked out an intersection dubbed "RPG alley," the site of numerous rocket-propelled-grenade attacks on U.S. convoys. Because sniper teams are clandestine units, photographs of the troops were shot using a soldier's night optical device, providing a glimpse...
...York City Jew for hundreds of miles,” I think as I walk down the street towards the famous Grotto, one of the world’s most visited Catholic pilgrimage sites, where in the mid-19th century St. Bernadette is said to have had a vision of the Virgin. After a restless overnight train, I am armed with my notebook and my Let’s Go press pass, ready to be fascinated, repelled and intrigued. I’m not ready...
...pray for a sick relative. As the train lurches forward, one pulls out her rosary and whispers a prayer. I turn away, but am thankful that I’ve seen her, and that I’ve seen Lourdes. Even though I’ve had no vision, and drawn no conclusion, I know I haven’t passed through this holy ground unchanged...
...Gnostics, some of whose writings were unearthed only 55 years ago. And the Gnostics were fascinated by Magdalene. The so-called Gospel of Mary [Magdalene], which may date from as early as A.D. 125 (or about 40 years after John's Gospel), describes her as having received a private vision from Jesus, which she passes on to the male disciples. This role is a usurpation of the go-between status the standard Gospels normally accord to Peter, and Mary depicts him as mightily peeved, asking, "Did [Jesus] really speak with a woman without our knowledge?" The disciple Levi comes...
...backers were able to operate comfortably in Azerbaijan. Corruption is also widespread, particularly, according to Western diplomats, in the ruling élite. Yet as long as Heydar Aliyev was around, observers felt, none of these problems would have prevented the succession gambit from working. "The old fox [had] the vision and ruthlessness to drive it through," says one Western ambassador. So far, Ilham has shown no evidence of inheriting his father's sense of the jugular. But with Heydar's many enemies waiting for signs of weakness, he'll have to develop one fast if he wants to survive...