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The bombing on Tuesday of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad was the latest evidence that America has taken a country that was not a terrorist threat and turned it into one … America has created – not through malevolence but through negligence – precisely the situation the Bush administration has described as a breeding ground for terrorists: a state unable to control its borders or provide for its citizens’ rudimentary needs … Iraqis today couldn’t care less about democracy, they just want assurance that their daughters won’t be raped or their sons kidnapped en route to the grocery store.

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Al Qaeda seems to have learned that in order to evade detection in the West, it must adopt some of the qualities of a “virtual network”: a style of organization used by American right-wing extremists for operating in environments (such as the United States) that have effective law enforcement agencies. American antigovernment groups refer to this style as “leaderless resistance.” … Some white supremacists and extremist Christians applaud al Qaeda’s rejectionist goals and may eventually contribute to al Qaeda missions. Already a Swiss neo-Nazi named Albert Huber has called for his followers to join forces with Islamists … The appeal of radical Islam to alienated youth living in the West is perhaps an even more difficult problem to address. Uneasiness with liberal values, discomfort with uncertain identities, and resentment of the privileged are perennial problems in modern societies. What is new today is that radical leaders are using the tools of globalization to construct new, transnational identities based on death cults.

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Ear, 21, gave birth to her fourth child on Oct. 19 while taking a shower at her parent’s home on the Eden Valley reserve. She also just gave birth to her fifth child 11 days ago. With neither her family nor her abusive boyfriend aware of her pregnancy, Ear quietly disposed of the baby. She wrapped him in a sack and placed him behind a bush before going grocery shopping.

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What’s worse than being stuck in an elevator for 20 minutes? Being stuck in an elevator for 20 minutes with only a freshly severed head to keep you company.

Hitoshi Nikaidoh, 35, of Dallas, a surgical resident at the downtown Houston hospital, was stepping into a second-floor elevator about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the doors suddenly closed, pinning his shoulders. His head was severed when the elevator car moved upwards … A female hospital employee witnessed the accident and spent about 20 minutes trapped inside the malfunctioning elevator until firefighters were able to rescue her.

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