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Vengeance is not an option. There were, theoretically, other tough-minded approaches. The U.S. could have taken reciprocal hostages, as Israel did, or attacked the sponsoring states, as it did when it bombed Libya in 1986. Such actions might have done nothing to free the hostages and would only have complicated life for Washington. Taking hostages is against the law, and if it came out that the U.S. or its agents were engaging in criminal behavior, the domestic and international backlash would be severe. It also would hand the advantage to the terrorists: it would be easier for them...
...attack on Libya has proved effective in curbing Muammar Gaddafi's terrorist adventures, but the strike was not cost free. It led directly to the execution of U.S. hostage Peter Kilburn and two British captives. And Washington now fingers Libya for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people...
...could Algeria, according to pessimistic Middle East experts. Optimists think the latter two might require 10 years or never manage to develop nukes at all. But there is at least a possibility that all three will be nuclear-armed by the year 2000. Throw in the chances that Libya might be working on the Bomb -- and Western experts believe it is -- that China will continue its unrestrained sales of nuclear technology to the Middle East, and add to these cooperation among the nuclear wannabes, and the prospects get exceedingly scary...
...indictment of Libya in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland completely ignored significant evidence of Syrian involvement. Not only was Syria let off the hook, but Bush complained that Syria was getting a "bum rap" due to suspicion that it was involved in the mass murder...
...destiny brought Erwin Rommel face to face with the man who would prove to be his nemesis: Bernard Montgomery. By July 1942 the Germans had pushed the British out of Libya. All that stood between the Nazis and Alexandria was the strongpoint at the arid village of El Alamein, 70 miles to the west. A worried Churchill sent Montgomery, an eccentric, bullheaded disciplinarian, to head the Eighth Army. In spite of frantic pleas from London, Monty -- as the Ulsterman asked his soldiers to refer to him -- took his time, rebuilding troop morale and stocking up on ammunition. Churchill wanted...