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...government may now have been elevated by Gaddafi, in an era of worldwide terrorism, to a conscious act of statecraft by a sovereign nation. "For years after World War II, heads of state were considered off-limits to assassination teams," observes Paul Wilkinson, professor of international relations at Aberdeen University, Scotland. "If the reports are true, we are being faced with a sinister new development...
Neither Syria nor Pakistan are Bonn signatories. But some experts feel that such sanctions should be imposed against them, anyway. If Syria gives the Pakistani hijackers sanctuary, says the University of Aberdeen's Paul Wilkinson, "the signatories of the Bonn declaration* should invoke its provisions for severing all air links with any country that gives haven to skyjackers." Adds Wilkinson: "We must make governments in high-risk areas painfully aware that they and the terrorists will pay a heavy price...
...Aberdeen, Scotland
Many Scottish staples date back to the Vikings, who are believed to have introduced Aberdeen Angus cattle as well as curing and salting techniques-whence such delicacies as kippers, smoked salmon and mutton ham. However, there is a regal and Continental tang to the best of Scottish food, traceable to the nation's French connection, the "Auld Alliance" that began with the marriage of Scotland's King James V to Mary of Guise-Lorraine in 1538. Like a fogbound Catherine de Medicis, she arrived at Holyrood with chefs, recipes, wines, liqueurs, desserts and other Gallic trappings then unknown...
...entire vacation in Scotland, the Strategic Traveler can take a fast train north to the Highlands for several days of fishing, hunting, golfing, sightseeing and walking on the moors. The braw, bonny Scots pride themselves on their victuals: venison and wild game of all sorts, salmon, trout, mackerel and Aberdeen Angus beef, which they seem to cook better than the Sassenachs can in the south...