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...LIST OF LARA MARLOWE'S DATELINES since she joined TIME in 1989 reads like a gazetteer of the globe's hot spots: Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijan, Somalia, Zaire and, for the sixth time, Algeria. Her story this week on the fierce struggle between the Islamic fundamentalists and the Algerian government is a rare and gripping look at a nation many feel is the most dangerous in the world, especially for Westerners...
...White House's vigor on this matter was justified if a bit extraordinary. Iran is undoubtedly the single largest threat to the Middle East's regional stability. In addition to its tireless campaign to produce weapons of mass-destruction, Iran sponsors Islamist terror worldwide, most notably of last in Algeria and the West Bank...
Since widespread Islamist violence and the government's repressive response have just about closed the country to outsiders, no one can gauge the full extent of Algeria's torment. Certainly there is little chance for a full investigation of the prison riot demanded by exiled leaders of the Islamic Salvation Front (F.I.S.). The bloodletting also makes it more difficult for Islamists who advocate a dialogue with the government. ``The military ruined the possibility of negotiations on purpose,'' said a source close to the F.I.S. leadership in Algiers...
...With all Algeria caught in the grip of such random terror, peaceable residents are reduced to constant fear for their lives. More than 80% of the 75,000 resident foreigners have fled since extremists singled them out for assassination. France has shut down two consulates, and diplomats everywhere are keeping out of sight. Western governments that might be expected to help negotiate some kind of conciliation between the Algerian government and the radicals confess to total frustration. France, which once ruled Algeria, is worried that the spreading war will seep into neighboring Tunisia and Morocco and provoke a massive flight...
Anxious though Washington is, the Clinton Administration can offer only bromides. Says an official: ``This is very much an internal problem. We see neither violence nor terror as likely to restore sta- bility. There must be political dialogue.'' Before that unlikely event occurs, Algeria will continue to be a living--and murderous--hell...