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...Sindh Desert gather into a brick-and dust-hued urban sprawl before tumbling into the Arabian Sea, is the battlefield in which an assassin like M.R. thrives. In Karachi you have ethnic feuds: gangs of Indian migrants versus the Pathans, Baluchis and Sindhis; you have extremists from rival Sunni and Shi'ite sects battling each other (lately, radical Sunnis are gunning down Shi'ite doctors and lawyers at random); and, of course, there are the radical Islamic groups that shelter al-Qaeda fugitives and are, according to Karachi police officers, helping them plan their next terrorist strikes. In April...
...Although more have been killed in accidents than in attacks thus far, there's certainly an uptick in hit-and-run strikes by Iraqi fighters sheltering in the civilian population. U.S. officials suspect Saddam loyalists for the attacks, which have been mostly concentrated north of the capital in predominantly Sunni Muslim strongholds of the Baath Party...
...angry and humiliated, have a history of organization, military training and access to weapons. Senior Baathists who have eluded capture reportedly have access to significant amounts of cash that could help fuel an insurgency, and there's considerable hostility towards U.S. forces among the local population in the predominantly Sunni areas north and west of the capital. U.S. officials are hoping that the gradual restoring services and normality will blunt the anger - and they're planning to beef up their military presence in some of the areas where they've been attacked...
...remains unlikely that the government of President Mohammed Khatami has made common cause with al-Qaeda operatives, although it has long been alleged that hard-liners in the Revolutionary Guard have unofficially provided some with shelter in Iran. Al-Qaeda may also have set up shop in the predominantly Sunni border region of eastern Iran, where central government authority is more limited and the authorities have lost thousands of men in battles with smugglers...
...satellite television network as well as the forward headquarters of the U.S. Central Command, voters approved a new constitution last month that creates a parliament and enshrines the right of women to stand for election. In Bahrain, significant reforms including elections last year have eased sectarian conflict between ruling Sunni Muslims and the majority Shiites. Last September, Morocco held parliamentary elections widely regarded as the first free, fair, and transparent balloting in the country's history...