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...many Americans and Britons, Saif is best known for successfully negotiating the release from a Scottish jail of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Scotland - an attack which killed 270 people - al-Megrahi returned to a hero's welcome in Tripoli last August with Saif by his side. The move cemented Saif's standing among millions of ordinary Libyans. "After that, Saif could no longer be accused of being infected with Western values," says Noman Benotman, a former leader in the militant Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, or LIFG, who fought...
...think we had a hard time covering their cutters,” Baskind said. “They’re a much more passing-oriented team than we expected. In the past we’ve faced teams that are much more direct in their attack...
...amount of talk seems likely to reverse that trend - some argue there's even a danger in trying. If Iran does get the capacity to build nuclear weapons and others in the region start pursuing their own programs, the U.S. will have two options: attack Iran, as Bolton and some neocons would like, or try to contain a nuclear-armed Iran while strengthening international consensus to restrict the spread of nukes. Going through the motions now could damage the credibility of the enterprise later. But the Administration is betting it's better to start now than to wait for things...
...spearhead the charge and challenge Obama the way Gingrich challenged Clinton. On the other hand, in 1994 no one knew who Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley and Democratic Senate majority leader George Mitchell were. These days, the faces of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are plastered all over GOP attack...
...recent years, Dubai customs officials have uncovered U.S. aircraft parts bound for Iran's military, and last April U.S. officials arrested an Iranian living in California for trying to smuggle U.S. attack helicopters to Iran's military via export companies in Dubai. U.S. officials believe that any sanctions that effectively target Iran's nuclear energy and prevent Iran from importing the equipment needed to overhaul its aging oil infrastructure would have to plug the Dubai loophole. (See the top 10 players in Iran's power struggle...