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...What does make perfect sense to anyone from those Midland days is to blame Wall Street. Bush remains distrustful and not a little dismissive of the investment bankers who swooped into Texas with saddlebags full of cash when oil prices gushed but galloped out of town when prices sank. Back in April, when the Dow hovered around 10,000, a White House economic adviser told the President at a social gathering that "there's no reason this market shouldn't be around 7500." According to an eyewitness, Bush made a face, turned and walked away, as if the subject bored...
...Many Saudis resent Western attempts to blame Wahhabism for Sept. 11; they say the Saudis who ultimately joined bin Laden's brigade learned their trade not in Saudi Arabia but by fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan-a war supported and funded in part by Washington. But some Saudi elites have begun to argue that something is basically rotten in their homeland. Says a Saudi journalist: "Wahhabism breeds extremism. It was building up, and bin Laden used it. The government should have said, 'Enough is enough...
...underground water pressure. Regardless of what is behind the Macugnaga incident, most scientists agree that the state of glaciers is an indication of the overall health of the planet. "It's hard to say how much is due to natural forces and how much human activity is to blame," says Luca Mercalli, an Italian climatologist monitoring Macugnaga. "But melting glaciers are a symptom, a warning that we need to pay attention...
There is often only a small step between a disgruntled shareholder and an angry voter: if someone is furious over an investment going down in flames, if the company involved has a thick skin, who better to blame than the government? Governments, of course, prefer to redirect flak. The scenario has just been played out to perfection in Germany - an election around the corner, an icon company that inspired many cautious citizens to dabble in the market for the first time, and a fall guy. Deutsche Telekom is a stock so widely held that it has become known...
...when Moussaoui finally faced his accusers and took the blame, his most defiant statements were simply overruled by the judge. "I'm guilty," said the prisoner, now eager to prove his terrorist credentials. ''I am member of al-Qaeda. I pledge bayat (a loyalty oath) to Osama bin Laden.'' But Judge Leonie Brinkema overruled him, entering a not-guilty plea and telling him to go away and think about the consequences of his choice...