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...Then there's the Arab world. Leaking the report on the eve of Dick Cheney's trip to the Middle East to rally Arab support against Saddam certainly complicated the Vice President's mission. The Pentagon review lists four Arab or Muslim states that could become the target of U.S. nukes, and that will be taken by many in the Arab world as good reason for such states to acquire a few nukes of their own. Hostile nations don't like being told what to do under threat of an adversary's weapons of mass destruction capability any more than...
...Crazy talk from the Pentagon about nuking America's least-loved Muslim states isn't going to help Vice President Cheney persuade the Arab world that Saddam's weapons of mass destruction are sufficient reason to support a war that U.S. allies in the Arab world are already regarding with considerable dread...
These “doltish” souls beg to differ. Sam Sternin ’01, who was one of a handful of Jewish members of the Society of Arab Students (SAS) last year, argues that there is “no inconsistency in supporting the state of Israel while at the same time condemning the abuse, economic strangulation, and willful killing of innocent Palestinians.” But Sternin admits that those who speak up against Israel’s policies are frequently labeled “bad Jews” by their peers...
Person of the Week PEACE AT LAST? As the Palestinian death toll from 17 months of fighting exceeds 1,000, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah proposes a deal: Arab recognition of Israel in exchange for Israel's withdrawal to pre-1967 borders. A desperate world applauds, but Israel is ambivalent and militants are unrepentant...
Some of that caviar, CITES says, has found its way to the United Arab Emirates, where unscrupulous dealers - taking advantage of the country's business-friendly climate - have re-exported it. Unsatisfied with the U.A.E.'s response to the problem - involving an estimated $21 million in illegal caviar in the first 10 months of last year - CITES has suspended all wildlife trade with the Persian Gulf state...