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...billion, including "$150,000,000 in jewels [and] $250,000,000 in gold bars." Such fabulous wealth enabled free-spending Indian princes like the nizam to fill the best hotels in London and Paris with massive entourages that made impossible demands and gave outrageous tips?long before Arab sheiks got into the habit. The nizam and his ilk have disappeared from the world's glamour magazines and gossip columns, but a new coffee-table book, The Unforgettable Maharajas, reminds us that in their heyday India's royals built palaces, collected Rolls-Royces, and hunted exotic animals like no one else...
...disoriented, bearded, tired?he seemed hardly a threat to anyone. But what's worse, the Americans got the wrong man. It wasn't Saddam who masterminded 9/11, nor was it Iraqis who flew the planes that day. The man to go after is Osama bin Laden, and the one Arab nation we want to keep our eyes on is Saudi Arabia, where 15 of the 19 hijacking terrorists came from. Odd Terje Dovik Kristiansand, Norway...
...Like many others, I would like to see this evil man dead. But wisdom argues against capital punishment. Even the George W. Bush Administration can understand that a death sentence would only make Saddam a martyr, generating new dictators. His trial will be scrutinized by the whole world, including Arab and European countries. Rajiv Thind Christchurch, New Zealand...
...troops' capture of the Butcher of Baghdad in a hole in the ground made my day. Although he was once the biggest bully on the block, Saddam surrendered like a coward, without a single shot being fired. This will put to rest forever the legend in the Arab world that Saddam is invincible. What a great day for the people of Iraq and our armed forces! JOSH BASSON Seattle...
When the Iraq war began, the French Foreign Minister refused a reporter's question as to which side he wanted to win. This was not a mere expression of pique. When the existential enemy was Nazism or communism, the world rallied to the American protector. But Arab-Islamic radicalism is different. Its hatreds are wide, but its strategic focus is America. Its monument is ground zero. Ground zero is not in Paris...