Word: abroader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then comes the hardest part of all: bringing the terrorists to justice. Although the U.S. claims the legal right to try anyone for the murder of an American citizen abroad, prosecutors first have to get their hands on the suspect, and that has proved a major stumbling block even in cases where miscreants are firmly identified. Libya has refused to extradite the accused bombers of Pan Am 103; Saudi Arabia insists on investigating, trying and punishing suspects, like the four men beheaded for blowing up a U.S. training center in Riyadh in 1995, without ever letting the FBI interrogate them...
...resolve through the perseverance of its investigation and the confidence of those in charge of it. When Clinton asked him if the FBI would be successful, Thomas Pickard, assistant director in charge of the criminal investigative division, said, "I told him, 'Yes, sir!'" U.S. citizens at home and abroad--and even more, the Kenyans caught so senselessly in the crossfire from America's secret enemies--can only pray he's eventually right...
...bombs with a single message: don't forget the world's superpower still has enemies, secret, violent and determined. America is ever a target, its embassies and installations abroad inviting symbols of its power. See, say the bombers, despite your enormous wealth and strength, we can still inflict a great hurt...
...Iranian government who seek to disrupt the inching rapprochement between the West and moderate President Mohammed Khatami. Sudan, one of the main havens for terrorists today, could have provided the bombers with training, money, explosives, phony documents, safe passage and refuge, but is not known to have undertaken operations abroad on its own behalf...
...stroke; in Hamburg. Schnittke's works, termed "polystylistic," incorporated influences from diverse musical eras. Blacklisted by the Soviet Composer's Union for his nonconformity, Schnittke supported himself for years by writing movie scores. Despite his international reputation, he was barred from attending any performances of his work abroad until the mid-1980s...