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...people died, along with a spate of other terrorist attacks in the 1980s. The U.S. relaxed most sanctions against Libya last April, but still considers it a "state sponsor of terrorism." The recent agreements could result in direct air service between the two countries and the possible importation of Libyan...
...Musharraf has no doubt that al-Qaeda ordered the three assassination attempts. The mastermind, he says, was a Libyan named Abu Faraj Farj who is hiding "somewhere in the mountains," probably near Afghanistan. But Musharraf has been forced to delay taking on domestic extremists because of their complicated history with the Pakistani government and army. Some militant organizations now allied to bin Laden were once clandestinely funded and supported by Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to wage war in Afghanistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir. (In the case of the Kashmir conflict, Pakistan has always denied giving...
...leaders seem to be stepping in to fill the vacuum, and one in particular is emerging as a prime focus of the terrorist hunt. He is Abu Faraj Farj, a Libyan, who, Musharraf has alleged in an interview with TIME, was the "mastermind" behind two plots to assassinate him last December. U.S. officials tell TIME that Farj, 30, is thought to have taken on much of Mohammed's role: devising plans for terrorist attacks inside the U.S. and directing al-Qaeda agents and helpers to that end. "He's big," says a U.S. counterterrorism official. "He's a major player...
...parliament, winning by just 101 votes to 99. Gross replaced fellow Social Democrat Vladimír Spidla, who resigned in June following the party's poor performance in European elections. Gross, at 34, is Europe 's youngest premier. Stemming the Tide LIBYA Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for talks on ways to stop illegal immigrants from Africa using Libya as a launch pad to reach Italy . A day earlier, a boat believed to have departed from Libya and carrying 275 migrants was intercepted off the coast of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa . Polio Resurgent...
...clashing charges are the latest example of the two countries' long grudge match. In his radical heyday, Gaddafi railed against the pro-U.S. Saudi monarchy, and Libyan officials claim that the Saudis are funding Libyan opposition groups. A Libyan source close to Gaddafi says, "Those groups tried to kill the leader twice," and adds that Mohamed Ismael, a Libyan in Saudi custody as a suspect in the alleged plot against Abdullah, was merely financing Saudi reformers. The source says the accusations are part of a Saudi smear campaign against Saudi dissidents. For their part, fumes a well-placed Saudi...