Word: defenders
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...been gaining strength in the years since the Gulf War. The most religious Saudis resented the presence of 541,000 American troops on and near their holy soil. Saudis also asked themselves why they had spent billions on planes and tanks if they had to ask the U.S. to defend them anyway. Many opponents of the regime appear to be drawn from the thousands of devout volunteers who received training and fought in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Others are conservatives who favor peaceful reform, and others are violent fanatics. Their strength is unknown, since political organizations are outlawed and they...
...thinking about pulling out. "It would be a mistake for the U.S. to basically change its mission because of this," President Clinton said last week. The missions over Iraq are being flown without interruption. But if American forces are to stay in the gulf, the U.S. will have to defend them better. Fences and concrete barriers protect the Khobar compound, and after the attack in Riyadh, regular patrols were stepped up and lookouts were posted on rooftops. But no American official believed terrorists could strike with an explosion 10 times the size of the one in Riyadh. As General...
...matter how diligently Mr. Graham works to defend his ill-reputed center, the fact of the matter is that it is a hopeless conspiracy against me, let along their amoral cohort with Rushdie's opponents, and, optimistically speaking, it is only a matter of time before the mighty hand of American justice reaches them...
...vote for Netanyahu when it says, "At issue was not peace vs. security." Peres, unlike Yitzhak Rabin or "Bibi" Netanyahu, lacked the military credentials that are essential for a leader in a country where every citizen serves in the army and may be called upon at any moment to defend the state. To say the only issue was one of "hope vs. fear," without addressing the candidates' military backgrounds, was to miss a crucial dimension of the election. At its heart, the question was about whom Israelis trusted more as a leader in a place where...
...turn." If Israel gives up the Golan Heights, Syria, which has a record of breaking treaties, will be in an excellent strategic position to invade. If Israel allows a Palestinian state to form under the leadership of a supposedly reformed terrorist, the Israelis will have a difficult border to defend, and suicide bombers, unmoved by our peace actions, will continue to pour through it. Moreover, if Israel gives up its capital of Jerusalem, it will give up the Jewish soul. And if Israel is destroyed in its own homeland, the Jewish people will be lost, worldwide. VICTORIA FEINERMAN Petach Tikva...