Word: babylon
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After a year and a half, it remains the ground of murder. And the elegant stilts of steel, the extended wings of gossamer glass with which Daniel Libeskind proposes to sculpt a new Babylon above Ground Zero do not alter this truth. It is not that Libeskind is not a fine sculptor; it is that sculpture is too fine for the site...
...Clinton took his daughter Chelsea on a recent visit. Don't bother with a menu, sit back and let your waiter make the choices. Camlik Sokak, No. 15/3, tel. +212 270 24 33 BEST MUSIC Toward the Galata Tower is an area known as Tunel, a center for nightlife. Babylon is a favorite, and features everything from German electronica to Cuban rapsters to Turkish jazz. Check out what's on at www.babylon-ist.com. Seyhbender Sokak, 3, tel. +212 292 73 68 BEST CLUBS Istanbul's jet set kick up their well-shod heels at Leila and Reina, exclusive night-clubs with...
...Israel against the threat of Iraq but the administration must also recognize that Israel still has the unquestionable right to respond to outside threats. Americans should remember that Israel, in an act of self-preservation, saved innumerable lives when Prime Minister Menachem Begin launched an air strike called Operation Babylon against an Iraqi nuclear plant in June 1981. The U.S., which condemned Operation Babylon when it occurred, reversed course after the Gulf War and praised Israel for its forward-looking action. Luckily for the U.S., Israel did not rely on American promises of protection but instead acted independently to push...
...seen the brutal reality of Hussein’s territorial ambitions in the Persian Gulf—he had invaded Iran the previous year—and they were well aware of his thinly-veiled desire to conquer and destroy the Jewish state. The imperative nature of Operation Babylon, from their perspective, was undeniable...
...means of national, regional and global self-defense. Ultimately, any senator or congressman who still believes that America should merely work to “contain” or “box in” Hussein’s murderous regime ought to review the legacy of Operation Babylon before he or she casts a vote against...