Lunch Specials (3/30/04)

The Lunch Specials today feature Middle Eastern cuisine, with a big helping of anti-terrorism on the side:

1. It hasn't been a good day so far for the Bad Guys. In London, British police arrested 8 Pakistanis and seized a half ton of explosives about five miles from Hethrow airport here. Meanwhile, Uzbek police killed two dozen Bad Guys in their hideout here, and Philippine authorities prevented a mid-level attack on the train system here.

2. Authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins have reached the end, literally. The final installment of their 12-part "Left Behind" series hit bookstores today. Read all about it here.

3. Dubya mounts a preemptive attack on John Flipflop Kerry's gas policy here.

4. Now, Passion of the Christ is taking the United Kingdom by storm here.

5. The Statue of Liberty is scheduled to reopen this summer for the first time since the 9/11 attacks here.