Word: warriorism
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...perpetrators apprehended. After all, the man named in the indictment as the architect of the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania wasn't even in court, and the accused were at best mid-level operatives in his diffuse international network - and therefore easily replaced. In a warrior cult that holds martyrdom as its highest honor, being imprisoned - or even executed, as may be the case for two of the accused when the trial concludes its penalty phase - by the enemy is scarcely a deterrent...
Person of the Week STAR WARRIOR? When U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pledged to boost the Pentagon's space programs, citing America's ever-increasing dependency on satellites, he stopped short of calling for weapons in orbit. But critics fear his script for the future was inspired by George Lucas...
...caretaker at Tamerlane's tomb draws his finger across his throat and jabs his chest. In my eagerness to photograph the crypt it seems I have damned us all, unleashing the warrior King's curse. It wouldn't be the first time Tamerlane has struck from his grave. On June 22, 1941, Soviet archaeologists working in the Samarkand crypt opened the sarcophagus to study the body and found the inscription: "Whoever opens this will be defeated by an enemy more fearsome than I." Hours later, Hitler invaded Russia. Five weeks after the great Emir was reinterred in 1942, the Germans...
...Australia. A 30-year lifer who has run just about every Ford fief on the planet, he is a relentless taskmaster with a passion for machines, Savile Row suits and exquisite watches (he has 120 at last count). He lives the code of today's global corporate warrior, perpetually moving through time zones and making deals...
...does it take an eco-warrior to realize that Bush’s new environmental policies have been nothing short of reprehensible. From breaking campaign promises on reducing carbon dioxide emissions to authorizing pointless oil exploration in protected areas of Alaska and allowing carcinogenic levels of arsenic to remain in drinking water, the past 100 days have brought a litany of environmental disasters. Bush’s transparent reliance upon big business has forced him to jeopardize the U.S. environment in order to repay their support for his campaign...