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...Kurd and Shiite forces throughout the nation. Instead, during the attempt over the weekend, key Kurdish forces declined to attack, and Samaraii found he had overestimated his influence on army leaders. "They were way ahead of themselves in terms of what they could accomplish," says TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller of the coup leaders. "This whole attempt was fairly poorly planned and telegraphed ahead of time. Even journalists knew about it." As for Samaraii, he got out just in time, fleeing across the border into Syria...
...part of a well-planned campaign of terrorism," possibly retaliation for the arrest in Pakistan last month of Ramzi Yousef, an Iraqi-born resident of Kuwait and a chief suspect in theWorld Trade Center bombingin New York. But State Department and other government sources tell TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller they're not so sure. "Karachi is like the Wild West," says Waller. "It's just riven with political and ethnic factions." Over the last 15 months, he says, groups with varying motives have killed more than 1,000 Pakistanis and foreigners...
...Tufts] reports any disciplinary action to thecampus newspapers without mentioning any names,"said Marie Waller, secretary in the Tufts dean ofstudents office. "I just assumed they did it as amatter of being in touch and having people knowwhat's going on on campus...
...that preceded it. To bolster his thesis, he cites the rise of poignant alternative music, the popularity of earth-toned packaging and the disappearance of clothing with shoulder pads. His students are unconvinced. What was so great, they shout, about an era that gave us Robert James Waller and the Ricki Lake show? Ah, the professor replies sagely, but during the '90s one could attend a movie safely knowing that it would not star Judd Nelson...
Yousef's arrest came about as a result of unusually smooth coordination among several U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies, says TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller. On the U.S. side, the CIA, FBI and even the FAA worked together -- agencies that "don't always get along," Waller notes. But U.S. authorities were also helped by a close relationship they've built up in recent years with Pakistani authorities, Shannon says. "We had many dealings with them during the Afghan war against the Russians," says Shannon...