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Pahlavi's reputation would be sullied if he shared the Shah's famously imperious manner and tastes. (At a 1971 celebration of 2,500 years of the Persian Empire, an entire ton of Iranian caviar was consumed.) So far, the Crown Prince has avoided being tainted with the family reputation. He drives a Jeep, wears a black plastic watch and says he plans to give up caviar. He can come across as a sort of Al Gore--earnest, consciously cerebral, techie. If the prospect of an Iranian Gore sounds grim, consider the alternatives--either before 1979 or after...
...State of Israel, having them judge the situation before they even know what it is about. To claim that white Israeli Jewish soldiers are fighting against brown Palestinian Arabs is ridiculous. Not all Israelis are of European descent. On the contrary, there are large populations of Ethiopian, Jordanian, Iranian, Egyptian, Turkish, and Palestinian Jews living in Israel. These Israeli citizens serve in the army and defend their lives and the lives of other innocent civilians. In fact, many times, it is difficult to distinguish between a Jewish Israeli and a Palestinian Arab because both are of semitic descent?...
...Israelis would have no surefire way of stopping the Hizballah from launching its huge inventory of Iranian-supplied bombardment rockets at the villages and cities of northern Israel. Although grossly inaccurate, they would still inflict damage. Syria also has hundreds of bombardment rockets, some with chemical warheads, but unlike the Hizballah guerrillas, it must fear Israeli retaliation. No Arab air force is likely to be much of a threat to Israeli cities, while if Saddam Hussein chooses to blow his cover by launching the handful of ballistic missiles he has kept hidden all these years, they are unlikely...
...anti-American forces, by various accounts, are also finding support from a coalition of disparate groups within Afghanistan. These include the Iranian-backed Hezb-i-Islami movement, which before the Taliban came to power was one of the most dangerous factions among the Afghan mujahedin, and Ittehad-i-Islami, which has a few thousand underfunded troops in southern Afghanistan. These groups once opposed the Taliban, but Afghan intelligence sources confirm that the old disputes have been sidelined in the face of a common enemy: America and its Afghan allies. Astad Abdul Halim, Ittehad-i-Islami's Kandahar commander, blasts...
...Arafat have not just limited their support of terrorism to words of incitement and encouragement. During U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni’s last peace mission, Israel captured an Iranian ship, replete with weapons, that was destined for the Palestinians. Despite their steadfast claims of ignorance, Arafat and his government knew about the ship and its contents. President George Bush acknowledged Palestinian culpability Jan. 25, stating “Ordering up weapons that were intercepted on a boat headed for that part of the world is not part of fighting terror...that’s enhancing terror...