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...personal information about senior officers. Al-Hayeb denied the charges, but prosecutors said their evidence included recorded phone conversations between al-Hayeb and a Leb-anese drug dealer named Abu Said who was the Bedouin's connection to Hizballah. Nine other Israeli Bedouin were arrested as part of crackdown on al-Hayeb's alleged drug ring. The drug-espionage scandal isn't the only finger Hizballah has in Israel's pie. The Iranian-backed Shia group is advertising on its al-Manar satellite television station that relatives of Palestinians killed in the intifadeh can claim cash payouts. Al-Manar, which...
Neil G. Ellingsworth ’05 said that although he agrees with the new crackdown on dues paying, the new carding policy is a bad idea...
...voice among many in Megawati's divided cabinet, where some ministers have been urging a crackdown on extremist groups. The Bali bombing is likely to strengthen their case by alienating the Indonesian public, for whom the impact of the catastrophic blow to the nation's all-important tourist industry will be felt most acutely in their pocket books. It's also a direct challenge both to Megawati's own regime and its relationship with the West, as well as to the military's ability to maintain domestic security...
...Foreign and even domestic pressure may now leave Megawati no choice but to order a crackdown, and the resulting political fallout will likely make her more dependent than ever on the military. Indeed, her situation begs comparison with Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf, who was forced by September 11 to choose between the U.S. and his regime's Taliban proteges - a strategic choice challenged by increasingly influential Islamist parties. But from the point of view of those seeking efficient curbing of Indonesian extremism, the laxity shown by Megawati until now may be a symptom of the often volatile diffusion...
...will be devastating for the tourism industry in Bali and the rest of Indonesia. "We are going into bankrupcy," said Ketut. For Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, already facing criticism for not pulling her weight in the war on terror, the attacks reveal the horrible human cost of delaying a crackdown on domestic terrorism...