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...past half century of counterinsurgency around the globe confirms that "draining the swamp" is a predominantly political rather than military process. Afghanistan works as a safe haven for Bin Laden precisely because it is a failed state, a land scorched by war and run by an extremist militia inured against most traditional levers of foreign policy. But the swamp is a lot wider than Afghanistan - indeed, it should be imagined less in territorial terms than as a microclimate. Bin Laden's networks are dotted throughout the Arab and Muslim world, where they profit immensely from a climate of deep-seated...
...Iran is implacably hostile to the Taliban over that movement's extremist theology and over its killing of Afghan Shiite Muslims. In 1999, Iran almost went to war against the Taliban after its militia killed eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist after capturing a predominantly Shiite town, and has worked together with Russia to support anti-Taliban opposition forces. Despite the overtures between the reformist president Mohammed Khatami and the West on ways of cooperating against terrorism, hard-line spiritual leader Ayatollah Khameini insisted that while Iran condemned the terror strikes in the U.S., Tehran could not support U.S. military...
...exacting justice, we must similarly embody the religious and cultural tolerance that makes liberty possible. Some evidence now coming to light indicates that the attackers may have been part of an extremist religious movement—but the actions of individuals and extremist groups must not be taken as representative of the whole. After the attacks, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yassir Arafat and many Gaza residents gave blood to assist the survivors and criticized those in Nablus who celebrated the attacks. We must resolve that no more violence should take place against innocents in our country; our attackers will have...
...proximity of its Catholic and Protestant residents, Ardoyne has been a flashpoint throughout a tense summer in which the Northern Ireland peace process ground to a halt. Protestant residents have vowed to stop the girls passing through their neighborhood in order to protest alleged Republican attacks. Police say extremist paramilitaries from both sides of the sectarian divide are active in the area. But the scale of the violence and hatred in Ardoyne has now prompted the leaders of most Loyalist parties to condemn the protestors...
...outset the occupation created a dilemma for Israeli democracy. Annexing the West Bank and Gaza would force Israel to grant the Palestinian population the rights of citizenship, putting the future of Israel's Jewish majority in doubt. "Ethnic cleansing" was ruled out too, despite being favored by more extremist Israeli groups. Instead, Israel's policy became to maintain a long-term occupation but begin settling tens of thousands of Israelis on swathes of territory seized from Palestinians in order to create "facts on the ground" - and, indeed, despite viewing these as entirely illegal, the Palestinians were nonetheless forced by Oslo...