http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1073713/posts "Acid attack on boy who 'refused sex with Muslim cleric'"
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1/08/04 | Massoud Ansari
Posted on 02/07/2004 8:03:25 PM PST by saquin
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In his hospital bed last week, 16-year-old Abid Tanoli sat listless and alone, half of his body covered by burns that all but destroyed both his eyes and left his face horribly disfigured.
The teenager talked, with difficulty, of how his life had been destroyed since the fateful day in June 2002 when he refused to have sex with his teacher at a religious school in Pakistan.
The boy was horrifically injured in an acid attack after he rebuffed the Muslim cleric's sexual advances. Now, he has alarmed Pakistan's powerful religious establishment by pressing charges against his alleged assailants."
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=168106 "DC Police Travel to Russia to Study Subway Attack"
Updated: Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004 - 2:43 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEW YORK (AP) - FBI agents and police from D.C. and New York will be heading to Russia in the coming days, to see what they can learn from the terrorist of a subway there.
Thirty-nine people died and more than 100 were hurt when a bomb went off Friday inside a Moscow subway car. Authorities blame Chechen rebels for the deadliest attack in the Moscow subway system.
FBI spokesman Joe Valiquette points out that both D.C. and New York have subway systems, and that both cities are considered prime targets for terrorists."