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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...neighbor of fomenting the entire problem. It's a large and cynical exaggeration: anti-Indian sentiment runs high within Kashmir, and in the first half of the 1990s, Kashmiris themselves provided the steam in the anti-Indian militant movement. They were disorganized and willing to murder, but passionate and anxious to plead their nationalist cause with the outside world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Jihad | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

There are thousands of young, motivated Pakistani men anxious to join the militancy in Kashmir, which they consider a holy war. They come from all walks of life: not merely from the religious schools known as madrassahs, or the far-flung, poverty-mired towns and villages, but also from Pakistan's educated and Westernized middle and upper classes. In the jihad they find brotherhood, a sense of mission and purpose. And for these highly religious volunteers, many of whom are still in their teens, there is nothing more sacred in life than achieving the status of a martyr. These...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Jihad | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...Pakistani army post, the group embarks on a three-to-seven night journey into Indian-controlled Kashmir, traveling by night, hiding during the day. The group leader wears night-vision goggles. The rest follow blindly across the mountains. There are numerous obstacles: Indian mines, tracer flares, Indian border patrols anxious to shoot at them. "But whenever such a situation arises," says a Lashkar militant, "the Pakistani guns come to our rescue to provide cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Jihad | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...Anxious as they may be to read Ashcroft's musings on everything from farfalle to Fendi, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee aren't just holding out for Ashcroft's written responses; they're also waiting to see FBI financial reports, several speeches, and the complete videotape of Ashcroft's 1999 commencement address at Bob Jones University. Ashcroft's affiliation with the controversial school has raised eyebrows among his detractors, who point to college founder Bob Jones' racist and anti-Catholic convictions - and wonder aloud just how far they actually are from Ashcroft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Did Dems Stall Ashcroft Nomination? | 1/24/2001 | See Source »

...Eminem, "The Marshall Mathers LP" For a listener with an admittedly limited affinity for the genre, Slim Shady's passion and lyrical virtuosity commanded, if not a place in the heart, at least a somewhat anxious acknowledgment that something is indeed going on here. Fast, funny and literally furious, the Elvis to Dr. Dre's Sam Phillips gives a whirlwind tour of a seriously conflicted young superstar's mind, while holding up an in-your-face mirror to the public's idolatrous expectations. His hostility comes off as personal beefs directed at particular individuals rather than undifferentiated hatred - there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sampler's Favorite Music of 2000 | 1/12/2001 | See Source »

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