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...researching her book, Brides of Allah, in the regional capital of Dagestan. "Around those forests you can hear the blasts from up in the mountains. But it sounds like it might pass tomorrow. Or maybe it will continue through the next day, too," she told TIME by phone. (Read "Russia's 'Black Widows': Terrorism or Revenge...
...nature of the campus. There are two buildings, a row and a horseshoe of classrooms, separated by a playground in a walled compound. No doubt, the exaggerations about the school's size reflect a deeper truth: most everyone in Senjaray loved the idea that their children were learning to read and write - except the local Taliban. They closed the school in 2007, breaking all the windows and furniture, booby-trapping the place, lacing the surrounding area with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), daring the Canadians to reopen it. But the Canadians were overmatched, and it wasn't until December...
...Tuesday, the chairman of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, Alexander Bortnikov, read out the list of his group's successes so far. He claimed the organizers of the November bombing of a train from Moscow to St. Petersburg that killed 29 people had been found in the North Caucasus and 26 of them had been "destroyed." "The security measures taken by the government will be intensified to include preventative and harsh responses to the terrorists. The bandits must know that anyone who is involved in the organization of terror attacks, and even those who give them material support, will...
...forms of air support. There are also new rules governing when and how troops on the ground can use their weapons. "Look at these," Ellis told me, tossing a fat sheaf of directives onto his desk. "Some of these are written by freaking lawyers, and I'm supposed to read them aloud to my troops. It's laughable. We can't fire warning shots. We can't even fire pen flares to stop an oncoming vehicle. If a guy shoots at you, then puts down his weapon and runs away, you can't fire back at him because you might...
...Read "China Rushing Aid to Quake Survivors...