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...allegedly invited the couple to visit one of his organization's camps. But family ties didn't do much for Schilling - soon after his arrival, the group accused him of working for the CIA and warned that he would be beheaded unless the U.S. releases World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef. The connection isn't entirely arbitrary: Abu Sayyaf was founded by Filipino Muslims returning from Afghanistan, where they took part in the U.S.-backed jihad against the Russian-backed government. Yousef had not only been their comrade-in-arms in Afghanistan, he'd also allegedly spent a few years...
...Clinton backed off because of the domestic political fallout over nuclear espionage allegations. But sending Zhu home empty-handed not only weakened Beijing's reformers in their battle against hard-liners, it also fostered a climate of mistrust that erupted into open hostility the following month when a NATO bomber inadvertently destroyed China's embassy in Belgrade...
...Besides, "a little salt-and-pepper" kept the place exciting, reported Bruce Harriman '50--a bomber captain in Europe who entered Harvard in the summer...
...actually makes China strong. China has the advantage--the underdog's advantage--that comes from knowing that shutting the country out, trying to hold it down, provokes the resentments the West wants to avoid: resentments that might make Chinese markets hostile to U.S. exporters. When a U.S. bomber accidentally struck China's embassy in Belgrade during the Kosovo war, protests were heard not just in Beijing but also in other cities around the world. America's image as an overbearing superpower is something the Chinese are only too willing to exploit...
...York--now that's where all if the intrigue is. Start with baseball. Every year, the New York Yankees dedicate their season to another Bomber of the past or present--sometimes two--who has come down with a life or career-threatening ailment. Every year, Darryl Strawberry will find another way to disgrace and then redeem himself in the eyes of the faithful...