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...reality tours are as heavy on left-wing politics as the Chiapas trip. Global Exchange sponsors "Jammin' in Havana," with an emphasis on music, and its next visit to Iran focuses on Iranian cinema. Nor are all reality tourists liberals. "Republicans are not uncommon," claims Global Exchange spokesman Jason Mark. He recalls with fondness a Texan who broke into God Bless America during a Cuba tour. "The Cubans groaned, and he demanded to know 'What's the problem? God or America?'" The trips have been known to provoke participants to activism. Two participants on a Global Exchange trip to Haiti...
...reality tours are as heavy on left-wing politics as the Chiapas trip. Global Exchange sponsors "Jammin' in Havana," with an emphasis on music, and its next visit to Iran focuses on Iranian cinema. Nor are all reality tourists liberals...
...that killed 19 American servicemen, and last week the Bush Administration all but admitted that it is unable--or unwilling--to punish the crime's masterminds. Even though Attorney General John Ashcroft said the attack was "inspired, supported and supervised" by Iran, none of the 14 people indicted were Iranian. The indictment does allege that an Iranian military officer directed the Saudis' pre-bombing surveillance activities, and U.S. officials tell TIME it was Ahmad Sharif, a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard. So why not charge him? Government sources say they don't have enough evidence. "Saying...
...suicide bombing of the U.S. destroyer Cole last October. In Alexandria, Virginia, a grand jury indicted 14 people in the 1996 bombing of military residences in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 American servicemen. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said the attack had been "inspired, supported and supervised" by the Iranian government. Iran denied the charges...
...Still, an indictment that implies Iranian authorship of an attack that killed 19 Americans may raise pressure on the Bush Administration to take some form of action. At the very least it will stiffen resistance to any rapprochement with Tehran. And that makes it a complicating factor for a U.S. administration that has not yet resolved its Iran policy. Unlike the case of Iraq, where the Bush team knows what it wants to do but is unsure whether its goals are achievable, in the case of Iran it's not yet sure what it actually wants...