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But fighting soon broke out between the armies of the Libyan-backed Oueddei and the French-backed Habré. The struggle continued off and on, killing thousands and ravaging the country's riverside capital of N'Djamena, until November 1980, when Gaddafi dispatched to Chad a contingent of...
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The government's probe of Sadat's assassination continued to unearth new details about Egypt's shadowy underground terrorist network. Nearly a month before the murder, agents had uncovered a plot to kill Sadat in the Nile delta town of Mansura. Sadat had actually been shown video...
What do the militant Muslims really want? This question, which began to vex the West with special urgency as the Iranian revolution unfolded, piqued the curiosity of V.S. Naipaul. Instead of simply clucking in wonder, he decided to look for an answer at the source. He mapped out a six...
Since that is what Islamic fundamentalists do, Among the Believers reads like a long-drawn-out standoff. Naipaul's report is indeed filled with fascinating details. He carefully questions his subjects about their pasts and often evokes poignant sketches of uprooted lives leading to inchoate yearnings. His prose evokes...