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...having reoccupied them in the hope of stopping a relentless wave of suicide bombings inside Israel-proper. The Palestinians say they can't reconstitute their shattered security services as long as Israeli maintains a stranglehold on their turf, and argue that an Israeli withdrawal is a prerequisite for a crackdown on terrorism. But Sharon is in no mood to accept half-measures, and insists that Israel will deal only with a Palestinian Authority willing to disarm the Palestinian organizations that carry out terror attacks - Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Fatah-based Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas insists...
...Another reason might be that they feared a backlash from ordinary Saudis. Many Saudis may sympathize with Bin Laden's ideas, but they don't want to see their country convulsing with chaos and violence. And, of course, terror attacks inside the kingdom would also invite a crackdown on those most sympathetic to Bin Laden's ideas. But these attacks may mark a new phase of their campaign, one that directly confronts the American presence in the region. With the U.S. now embroiled in Iraq, al-Qaeda may feel it has an opportunity to call the attention of the Arab...
Happily, exactly the opposite happened: the assassination resulted in a massive crackdown against criminal elements of the old regime still operating in Serbia's security forces. Code-named Operation Sabre, the investigation into Djindjic's murder has produced truck loads of evidence for the special prosecutor's office. The conspirators, police say, were led by two men: Milorad (Legija) Lukovic, still at large, and Dusan Spasojevic, who was killed resisting arrest. Both men served with the Red Berets, which has been linked to war crimes and now to dozens of political murders under the Milosevic regime. So far, 45 conspirators...
...Does the change in public attitudes and the ongoing police crackdown mean JI is finished? By no means, warns one senior U.S. official. "They've taken another body blow with these latest arrests. But we can't afford to be complacent. We still don't know what capacity they've got out there." His warning was echoed by Indonesian police and, on Thursday morning, underscored by a pipe-bomb explosion outside the United Nations' Jakarta headquarters. No one claimed responsibility for the blast, but one senior security official with a large Western conglomerate offered a disturbing theory...
...sent to a Cuban labor camp for three years. Rather than escape to Miami in the 1980 Mariel boatlift, he stayed in Cuba to work for democratic reform. More than two decades later, his efforts are suffering a backlash - they moved Castro to launch his harshest crackdown ever. In the past few months, 54 leaders of Payá's dissident groups - the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) and the Varela Project - have been convicted of treason and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. But Payá, 51, insists his movement is still strong. "We're the first nonviolent force for change this...