A Libyan linked to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network, arrested three weeks ago in London for possession of false identity papers, was planning an attack on an Italian church with a 15th-century
fresco showing the prophet Mohammed burning in hell.
A customer reaches out of his car window and squeezes Cristal’s bare flesh like a shopper testing fruit. Without a word, he drives on. Another car pulls up, and Cristal purrs ”Ciao, ciao,” and grabs for the door.