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...Lampoon comp. For several years, the funniest thing about the ‘Poon was that its writers call themselves the “literature board” while producing mostly pieces of no more than 300 words which are usually in list format and rarely feature plot or characters. Hankins has breathed new life into the rag with submissions like “What if Historical Figures Spoke in Modern Slang English?” Commented Lampoon President Steven C. Hely ‘02 while reading Hankins’ piece: “The kid?...
...admire the imposing bandshell of the World Financial Center?s Winter Garden; it has enough wonderfully wasted space to remind me of the dear dead original Penn Station. And across the plaza, the Hudson River, potent and polluted, Circe seducer of the first European settlers to this tiny plot of land nearly 400 years ago. Sit on a bench, stare out at the river and watch the history of American exploration, immigration and commerce surge...
...According to a French police source, Beghal issues from the al-Qaeda-allied group Takfir wal Hijra (Anathema and Exile), whose members make a point of concealing their strict fundamentalism behind a Western fa?ade. "The goal of Takfir is to blend in to corrupt enemy societies in order to plot attacks against them better," said the French official. "Members live together, form businesses together, will drink alcohol, eat during Ramadan, become smart dressers and ladies? men in order to show just how integrated they are," says an investigator. Suspects like Beghal, he says, "are well-spoken, affable, very intelligent, ready...
Mohammed Bensakhria, 40 Algerian Status: Arrested in Alicante, Spain, June 22; extradited to France in July. Believed to be head of a Frankfurt cell and a key player in organizing bin Laden terrorist groups in Europe. Fled Frankfurt after police foiled a plot to attack a Strasbourg market in December...
Central to that question is whether or not the terrorists were originally sent to Hamburg as agents by Osama bin Laden. Were they "sleepers," for years going about their daily business until they were activated to take part in the hijacking plot? German police believe that scenario is unlikely. "We think the terrorists came to Hamburg to study, didn?t do anything extremist and were eventually recruited by agents of bin Laden," said a police official in Hamburg. In all, three of the hijackers and at least three accomplices who are now fugitives lived in Hamburg, at various times...