Trouble in Saudi Arabia: Al-Qaeda’s ‘Bum’ Assassination Attempt A suicide bomber almost managed to kill a heavily guarded Saudi prince, passing through several security checkpoints with a bomb hidden in his rectum. Interior Minister Prince Nayef of Saudi Arabia and his son, Deputy...
9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America lists all 2,976 men, women and children killed on 9/11 by name. Reading each name in silent memorial is a powerful experience. Share This Article
"Kabul Lullaby: Making music in post-Taliban Afghanistan can be playing with fire" — a story about the amazing double-bass virtuoso Dobbs Hartshorne playing Bach in Taliban territory — is the editor's pick this month. You can read more about the work Dobbs Hartshorne does,...
From Mojave to the Moon by Annie Jacobsen With a moon touchdown in their sites, scientists and engineers gathered in California’s Mojave Desert to plan, design and eventually fly a futuristic contraption called the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle. Forty years ago this summer, three men—Neil...
Al-Qaeda and the Sahara. A suicide bomber attacks a French embassy in Mauritania in response to Sarkozy's stance on the burqa. Two French Agents Kidnapped in Somalia — Why Were They There? Two French intelligence agents, supposedly on a public mission without need for cover, get kidnapped...
