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...Israeli forces patrolling the camp; he's there to tell the story of his life. On five consecutive nights last March, a German-born Palestinian journalist and documentary filmmaker named Raid Sabbah interviewed the masked man, a 29-year-old he calls Said. In his new book, Der Tod ist ein Geschenk (Death is a Gift, Droemer; 253 pages), Sabbah offers a rare glimpse inside the mind of a suicide bomber. "I wanted to describe the situation of the Palestinians," Sabbah says, "and create understanding for - but not approval of - the motives of a person like Said." Don't pick...
Sometimes the E.U. seems like a union of two. last week, for instance, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder left other members of the European Union out in the cold when they topped a meal at the Elysée Palace with a deal that could shape the Union for decades to come. They proposed an unwieldy double presidency as a way to make the E.U. more democratically legitimate, transparent and efficient. This is not the first time that the holder of the six-month rotating presidency of the European Council, currently Greece, looked...
...Chechnya. Ustinov isn't particularly worried about Putin's KGB origins. "The Bush dynasty has a CIA background. KGB or CIA, it's all the same dirty tricks, but the KGB is a better school. At least Putin speaks German, which helps in his dealings with Schröder. And he was smart enough to align himself with Washington in the fight against terrorism." Slowed by age and arthritic legs, Ustinov appears onscreen less often than the several roles a year he once averaged. But, when not at his home of 30 years in the Swiss wine-growing village...
...UNITED NATIONS Old Promises Die Hard The ghost of campaigns Past came back to visit Gerhard Schröder, with Germany taking a seat in the United Nations Security Council just as the body braces for renewed debate over a war against Iraq. Schröder was re-elected Chancellor last fall on a pledge to oppose such a war, which he dubbed a U.S. military "adventure." He has since softened his position, but - aware of overwhelming German opposition to a war - has been cautious about saying so. When the debate comes to the Security Council, however, Schröder...
GERMANY AND IRAQ Into Saddam's Arms Many observers believed Gerhard Schröder's opposition to war in Iraq was electioneering. Maybe. But German firms are alleged to have illicit business interests in the country, too. More than 80 German companies, plus research laboratories and individuals, are listed in Iraq's weapons report to the U.N., German daily Die Tageszeitung reported. For almost 30 years, companies such as Daimler-Benz, Siemens and Carl Zeiss allegedly supplied equipment, raw materials and technical know-how which could have been used for Saddam Hussein's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs. Although...