Word: establishmentism
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Plenty of people have an interest in seeing al-Sadr and his ragtag army cut down. The cleric has little widespread support among mainstream Shi'ites. But al-Sadr's rise has alarmed senior Shi'ite clerics, who view him as an upstart demagogue. Al-Sadr's troops have regularly...
The President's moral convictions are, no doubt, matters of true faith-and the Jordanian businessman is a member of an authoritarian establishment with much to lose if Islamic radicals or, faint chance, democrats take charge. But Bush's moral certainty almost seemed delusional last week in the vertiginous realities...
(2 of 2) Unlike the terrorists in New York, Istanbul and Madrid, Karmon and others say, the Greek anarchists are seeking to test the establishment, not kill large numbers of people. The most likely suspect in Wednesday's attack is a group called the Revolutionary Struggle, which was behind a...
10 to 15 years. Why? Because Turkey is a 98% Muslim country with 68.6 million people, more than any European country except Germany - meaning Turkey would have real clout in population-based E.U. votes. That has stirred unease among Europeans worried that the country's admission will dilute the Union...
A rebel leader, convicted in absentia of taking part in mass murder, turns himself in. A big win for the rule of law? Not in Haiti. When Louis Jodel Chamblain handed himself over to Haitian police on April 22, it was 10 years to the day after the paramilitary squad...