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Rebel spokesmen were quick to reject the bid as a "deception," noting that Najibullah had not indicated whether the 115,000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan would stay in their barracks. Said Mohammed Nabi Mohammedi, spokesman for the Islamic Alliance of Afghan Mujahedin: "We should have direct negotiations with the Soviets...
The round-figured Khashoggi, who could pass as an amiable neighborhood shopkeeper, has been described as the world's richest man, though he probably never was and certainly is not now. He sometimes seems to be dancing a curious line between fabulous profits and grim losses. What he was and...
Despite Baghdad's success in repelling the latest Iranian attack, President Saddam Hussein has been unable to end the conflict with Iran through either force or negotiation. Some Middle East experts wondered whether his trip to Saudi Arabia last week, an unusual move for a man who does not often...
To Kremlin watchers, several things were noteworthy about those remarks. They were Gorbachev's first pronouncements on religion since he took office 22 months ago. Indeed, it is rare for a Soviet General Secretary to attack religion so directly; that is usually left to underlings. Beyond that, the critique suggested...
Islam has become a special problem, and a special concern. Soviet Muslims are concentrated in the U.S.S.R.'s strategic southern border regions and maintain ties with Islamic peoples in neighboring countries. Official worries have intensified since the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan; many Soviet Muslims sympathize with Afghan co-religionists battling...