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...attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad should tell us a couple of things: For a start, no one and nothing is safe from a car bomb. Or, as in the Marriott's case, a truck bomb. As hotels go, the Marriott was a fortress. It had fairly good "standoff" - the distance between it and the street; luggage and guests were X-rayed before entering; the hotel was located in one of the best policed capitals in the world. The only thing that could have been done to make the Marriott even safer was to have completely shut down Islamabad...
...decided at the last minute to eat at the prime minister's house. Had he kept to his original dinner plans, he could very well have been killed, pushing Pakistan closer to total and uncontainable chaos. By the way, there is a fairly good argument that car bombs are what keep the world's leaders from getting out and walking around, leaving them physically isolated...
...station wagon as my family and I drove from Illinois to Maine on our annual cross-country trek and found myself laughing out loud in pure delight at Levy’s work while my thesis reading sat beside me, neglected. And in the hours I spent in the car, I rediscovered the sort of unpretentious writing that can distill even the heaviest themes into what is simply a good book.—Emma M. Lind
...embassy in the capital, Sana'a, on Sept. 17 killed at least 16 people. No Americans were killed, security officials said, but Yemenis in line for visas, the assailants and Yemeni guards were among the dead. In addition to automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades being fired, a car bomb was detonated at the gates of the embassy. A State Department spokesman said the assault had "all the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda attack," although a group called Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. The embassy has seen violence several times since 2002, including a mortar assault in March that accidentally...
...nervous about riding in a cable car up to the Wall, so I tried to comfort her by saying, “Don’t worry, it’s just like when you go skiing,” to which she responded, “I’ve never been skiing. I started gymnastics when I was three.” A moment later she yelled out with excitement, “But now I can go!” and explained how she had decided to take a break from gymnastics...