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...differ with part of Michael Elliott's view in "Not All Terrorists Are Alike" [ESSAY, June 10]. Elliott agrees with the assertion of Rohan Gunaratna, author of a scholarly study on al-Qaeda, that Osama bin Laden "never interpreted Islam to assist a given political goal. Islam is his political goal." This idea implies that bin Laden's attempts to undermine secular governments and establish Islamic religious law are not political in nature. While his stated goals include the ouster of U.S. troops from Arab soil and the destruction of Israel, bin Laden uses terrorist means to push his political...
However well it ended, the rookie’s season was not all smooth sailing. Cserny struggled briefly with traveling violations, as calls differ in European and American basketball, and she had to cope with an ankle injury later in the season...
...MITT happen” buttons, purple hats and mardi gras beads were all ways in which delegates expressed their support for their candidate of choice. Reich fans’ signs and cowbells were arguably the most prominent force on the convention floor, but O’brien begged to differ...
...Asian growth has doubled in the last 10 years. They’re really booming in the middle suburbs,” McArdle said, noting that rates of segregation differ within the Asian population itself. Chinese and Indians constitute the largest Asian groups in the middle suburbs...
...warned that those can't proceed in the midst of Israeli security operations - and indications right now are that Israel has no intention of relinquishing its grip on PA territories in the West Bank. While they may agree on elections in principle, Arafat and the legislature may differ sharply over reforming his cabinet. Palestinian efforts to root out corruption and create a more transparent, accountable, democratically mandated leadership are centered on the demand that the chairman dissolve his cabinet, and select a new one to be approved by the legislature in the next 45 days. Not only that, the legislature...