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...story about Iraqi girls broke my heart. If Islam is truly a religion of justice and humanity, then change must come from the so-called street. There should be outrage in the community that matches the reaction to the Muhammad cartoons?and that outrage should be directed at the perpetrators. Let that be Islam's test. Don Kang Speicher, Germany...
...when Mark Bowden calls the embassy drama "the first battle in America's war against militant Islam," that sounds about right. Guests of the Ayatollah (Atlantic Monthly Press; 680 pages) is his detailed and bleakly compelling account of what the hostages endured during the siege and of the anguish it produced in the U.S. The author of Black Hawk Down, about the 1993 U.S. military mission in Mogadishu that went lethally wrong, Bowden knows something about American misadventures in the wider world. He may not be a policy analyst, but he writes about events in a way that gives...
...Seif al Islam dismisses the assassination charges, but acknowledges that the Libyan agent was part of an effort to provide support to Saudis opposed to the Al Saud regime. Libya, he contends, has longstanding complaints of its own about Saudi support for Libyan Islamic extremists, including one who tossed a dud hand grenade at Gaddafi in 1995. Libyan support for Saudi dissidents accelerated after Abdullah scolded Gaddafi at an Arab summit in March 2003 during a session broadcast live throughout the Arab world. "You can say there was an activity," says Seif al Islam, "but not to kill the crown...
...Rice's announcement represents a stunning achievement for Seif al Islam, a driving force behind the risky venture of reaching out to the West. He has also been an influential - and at times almost solitary - advocate for reform and human rights in Libya. Sitting on a sofa in his private gym, he described frank discussions with his father - "there is a margin for exchanging views" - but reveals the gap is wide...
...destroy everything and build it back up, and to not waste time," he explains. "He is in favor of gradual reform. He is a utopian, leading a state like the wise man of a village. That's where I say, 'Life is more complicated than this.'" Seif al Islam is anxious to end speculation that he'll get his own chance to lead Libya some day. He rules out succeeding his father "100 percent," saying his goal is limited to encouraging a civil society as part of Libya's democratization process. No interest at all? "Zero," he replies...