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The Times Unseemly Eagerness Over Iraqi Terror “Tactics” Alan Cowell finally finds something about the war to get enthused about: Iraqi guerilla warfare against American troops. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/27/international/worldspecial/27URBA.html?pagewanted=print&position=top For the Times man in London, it’s a change from fretting over British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s future encapsulated in doom-ridden headlines like “For Blair, a Gamble to Avoid Political Disaster.” (Blair’s approval ratings rose once hostilities started and a recent poll showed 55% of the British population approve of his handling of Iraq.) http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2003/notw-iraq-poll-3mar-2003.htm In Thursday’s “Urban Warfare: Long a Key Part of an Underdog's Down-to-Earth Arsenal,” Cowell takes a rather unseemly...

Kashmiri militants hide behind the veil By Sudha Ramachandran BANGALORE - Barely seven months after a failed attempt at enforcing the imposition of the burqa (a black cloak that covers a woman from head to toe, including her face) on women in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Lashkar-e-Jabbar (LeJ) is back at cultural and moral policing again. Renewing its burqa campaign in the Kashmir Valley, the LeJ has threatened to throw acid on Kashmiri Muslim women who defy its diktat. In addition to the imposition of the burqa on women, the LeJ has warned cable channel operators to stop telecasting channels that...