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More to the point, why are embassies and diplomats such popular terrorist targets? One root cause, many Western diplomats believe, is that a number of postcolonial, Third World countries are far less inclined than tradition-minded Western states to abide by the old rules of discourse among nations. The fact is, modern diplomacy is a Western invention, developed piecemeal by the duchies and principalities of 15th and 16th century Europe. Western diplomats, at least, would not know how to operate without two of its principal canons: the "immunity" of foreign diplomats from local laws and regulations, and the "inviolability...
There is little agreement about what the priorities should be in trying to combat the threat. Many experts argue for a coordinated international strategy, including new antiterrorist laws comparable to those against skyjacking. Agreement has been elusive. As a former U.S. ambassador complains, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter...
...South Africa's response is discouraging. Although the Johannesburg government agrees not to interfere in the affairs of its northern neighbor, it openly welcomes fleeing white Zimbabweans and is reviewing its defenses against both internal terrorist activities and external attacks from the north. The futures of the people of both nations are closely linked. Zimbabweans prosperity would encourage liberalization in South Africa; anarchy in Zimbabwe would force intransigence in the south. The efforts of the Mugabe government could encourage the eventual emancipation of blacks in South Africa, or an uncompromising, siege mentality on the part of whites...
...contest, the two-page "Campaign News" would appear in LaRouche offices around the state. The paper proves LaRouche is no squeamish campaigner; "Khomeini Backer to Head Procession in Manchester" screams one headline in the Feb. 21 issue, and who can resist reading on? "Ramsey Clark, the defender of the terrorist Red Brigades and the Baader-Meinof gang in Europe, reportedly will be leading a march on the streets of Manchester on Saturday as a member of the International Association of Defense Lawyers. It's the closest Manchester citizens will come to seeing the Ayatollah Khomeini face to face...
...over and through him. Matty does not command the violent hatred from Golding that other characters do, perhaps because he straddles the delicate line of adulthood. Others are less successful indodging the malicious want of this master of allegory. For example, Golding draws Sophy, one of a pair of terrorist twins that Matty encounters, less precisely, and her character suffers as a result. She "puzzles over the darkness inside her," just like Matty, but the author fails to define the nooks and crannies of her evil character. Golding resorts to contrived description...