MORE ON THE DISAPPEARING TOURISTS: Nelson Ascher sends this article from Liberation (Google translation here), but there doesn’t seem to be much more information on what’s going on. The story dismisses GPS jamming (unlikely, I’ll admit) and Islamic terrorists (I’m not so sure about that) and kidnapping. So what’s left?

I’d like to see a lot more examination of what’s going on in that area. A surprisingly large number of people drive around in the Sahara on vacation (my brother did it once) and more than a few of them disappear, but their bodies are usually found. It sounds too much like a thriller plot, but this many disappearances in a short period make me wonder if there’s somebody there with something to hide.