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Next came the Dec. 13 rampage. At 11:40 that day, one of the Toontown-type sedans used by Indian bigwigs got through the Parliament gates in New Delhi because it had an official-looking light on top and a home ministry decal on the windshield. Five militants got out and started firing assault rifles and grenades as they moved toward three separate entrances of the structure. None got inside; one man, who was wired with explosives, detonated himself near the main gate, through which he could have reached the chamber filled with legislators. After some 20 minutes of gunfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Down The Barrel | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...suicide mission wasn't terribly sophisticated. The windshield decal that gave the terrorists access to the compound was anything but official. It read, in fractured English: "No body allows to stop this car. India is very bad country and we hate india we want to destroy india...brother bush he is also a very bad person he will be next target." Once the carnage was over, the government recovered the terrorists' cell phones, with records of recent calls to Kashmir and Pakistan. Arrests in New Delhi and Kashmir came up with some alleged collaborators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Down The Barrel | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...Garage at Boston's Post Office Square offers parkers a dry-cleaning service. Garage employees walk through checking windshield stickers for expiration dates on federally required emissions tests and leaving reminders to those whose inspections are about to expire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parking Heaven | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...APCOA/Standard, says his garage-management firm began offering Books-to-Go services in 1998, then Film-to-Go in 1999, and now offers varying amenities at about 900 of the 2,000 facilities it operates nationwide. Among them are video- and audiotape rentals, umbrellas for loan on rainy days, windshield cleaning and special auto-repair arrangements. Their newest amenity is a Little Parkers program that gives toys like coloring books and bubble bottles to monthly commuters with children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parking Heaven | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...suicide mission wasn't terribly sophisticated. The windshield decal that gave the terrorists access to the compound was anything but official. It read, in fractured English: "No body allows to stop this car. India is very bad country and we hate india we want to destroy india ... brother bush he is also a very bad person he will be next target." Once the carnage was over, the government recovered the terrorists' cell phones, with records of recent calls to Kashmir and Pakistan. Arrests in New Delhi and Kashmir came up with some alleged collaborators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Down the Barrel | 1/10/2002 | See Source »

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