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The U.S. can't "go all the way" in Iraq because Saddam Hussein's
neighbors need to keep him around.
By Jonathan Broder
February 23, 1998
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In letters to Salon's correspondent, Pakistani terrorist Mir Aimal Kasi -- who faces the death penalty for killing two CIA employees -- explains why he did it, recounts his life on the lam and says his only regret is that he didn't kill higher-ranking CIA officials.
By Jeff Stein
January 22, 1998
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The real significance of Iranian President Khatami's appearance may be in its implicit message to Iranians themselves, says an anthropologist and expert in Iranian culture.
By William O. Beeman
January 12, 1998
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Salman Rushdie has had it with Western writers who think it's his own fault that the Iranians are out to kill him. First up in the cross hairs: John Le Carré.
By Christopher Hitchens
December 4, 1997
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The most serious terrorist threat to America comes not from organized or state-sponsored groups of political militants but from loners with a grudge and a gun.
By Jeff Stein
November 21, 1997
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Neither the massacre at Luxor nor the confrontation between the U.S. and Iraq are the real stories in the Middle East. Overshadowing everything is the failing Arab-Israeli peace process and the failure of the Clinton administration to do anything about it.
By Jonathan Broder
November 19, 1997
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A former New York Times Cairo bureau chief describes the group behind the attack that killed over 60 people near Luxor, Egypt, and explains why they go after foreign tourists as a way of getting a radical Islamic state.
By Andrew Ross
November 18, 1997
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March 9, 1996
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