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...eliminate its nuclear-weapon and long-range-missile programs; in Washington, D.C. Long an enemy of the West under leader Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, Libya has admitted responsibility for the 1988 downing of a Pan Am jet in which 259 people died, along with a spate of other terrorist attacks in the 1980s. The U.S. relaxed most sanctions against Libya last April, but still considers it a "state sponsor of terrorism." The recent agreements could result in direct air service between the two countries and the possible importation of Libyan...
...What Iraqis Want In Michael Ware's report on fighting in a rebel stronghold in the heart of Baghdad [Aug. 30], he described the insurgents as "bearing the mark of professional soldiers and sophisticated terrorist groups." Captain Thomas Foley, the American commander on the scene, said, "I don't know who it is. I really don't know what they want." What would Foley want if the circumstances were reversed? We have bombed the cities of the Iraqis, destroyed their homes and killed thousands of their family members. Apparently, our proud religiosity and self-righteous superiority have blinded...
...Youssouf Islam." The incorrect name was added to the register this summer, but because Islam's name is spelled "Yusuf" on his British passport, he was allowed to board a plane in London bound for the U.S. The Transportation Safety Administration alleges that Islam has links to terrorist groups, which he has denied; British foreign minister Jack Straw said the TSA action "should never have been taken...
...looks like the youth vote will get larger this election cycle. And all it took was a terrorist attack and an American war in the Middle East...
There are those who think of terrorist acts as acts of ultimate heroism and nobility. Indeed, these people are all over the world. They are in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Palestine, and they are in Indonesia and Pakistan, and they are in Chechnya, and they are in Afghanistan, and they are in Africa, and they are in Latin America. They are in every place where children are taught how to be proud, yet when they grow up all they feel is humiliation as their nations stumble from one failure to another; and they are in every place where a father...