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...recognize"--a remarkable claim when the only name most Americans recognize is bin Laden's. Other Pentagon aides leaked word that the Administration had recently considered but decided against sending commandos into Kurdish-dominated northern Iraq to knock out a clandestine chemical-weapons lab allegedly run by Ansar al-Islam, a tiny fundamentalist rebel group whose ranks are reportedly swelling with al-Qaeda fighters fleeing Afghanistan...
...Khatami has until now shied away from a direct confrontation, appearing to value the stability of Iran's Islamic political system over a quick march to greater freedoms for its people. But his challenge to the religious authorities suggests he's finally absorbed a message some of his allies have promoted all along - that the reform movement can only succeed if it relies on its primary strength, which is its support on the streets. And on Wednesday he expressed confidence in the victory of his bill. "The Guardian Council can either say a bill is against Islam or the constitution...
...Collins' life has been steeped in aggression. He was a battered teenager who saw his mother, a small-time dealer and full-time addict, murdered by drug runners when he was eight. After being sentenced to a maximum security prison in California for armed robbery in 1991, he found Islam. From there he headed to Afghanistan to train with Harakat-ul Jihad, then to Chechnya, where he lost a leg in a firefight with Russian special forces, and finally to Kosovo to help fight the Serbs. He describes with childlike glee his love of weapons and tactics. A daring nighttime...
...Collins claims to have known many of the people involved in Islamic fundamentalist circles within the U.S., and he plainly feels their activities and intentions were no secret either to himself or the U.S. government. Even if we don't believe every story Collins tells, his dual allegiance to America and Islam provides us with an intriguing insider's perspective on the alien world of jihad. For his part, the author says he now hopes to return to Afghanistan, "not to get involved on either side," but to interview Taliban soldiers and write a new book about the group from...
...DETAINED. HIROSHI MINAMI, 24, a former officer in the Japanese Self-Defense Force; for joining Chechen rebels in their insurrection against Russia; by security authorities in Georgia. Minami, a convert to Islam, was apprehended as he tried to enter Georgia with a group of Chechen guerrillas...