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Western intelligence sources scoff, saying they have clear evidence that Barbouti was the key broker for the chemical factory. Though they have yet to find proof that he knew the Libyans planned to make nerve gas there, at least one official flatly labels Barbouti "the central villain" of the plot and "the subject of intense scrutiny for some time." In fact, both the Swiss and West German governments are conducting criminal investigations of his role in the Libyan project, and tax authorities in England and Scotland are looking into his Byzantine business affairs...
Sullivan, an Irish Catholic raised in England, called the IRA a terrorist group and said that it is supported by Libyan leader Moamar Khadafi, a known terrorist...
...reaction ranges from the whimsical (a man from Fairport, N.Y., responded to a story on how disposable packaging contributes to air pollution by writing directly on a McDonald's container) to the intensely curious (a subscriber asked about the origin of a quilt that appeared in a photograph of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's tent). Readers have even asked us to track down people in TIME pictures who resemble long- lost college roommates (the resemblance is almost always just that). After we reported on the 100th birthday of Esperanto, readers tested our knowledge of that language. Wrote one: "Mi dankas...
...Washington alone in conveying its alarm to Bonn over the Libyan project. Israeli intelligence officials also established the complicity of West German firms and in July notified their counterparts in Bonn of their findings. Unlike the U.S., however, Israel did not try to take the story public. One reason might be that West Germany has become the Israeli defense industry's best foreign customer. Bonn buys $300 million worth of ammunition and spare parts for tank guns and electronic equipment annually, helping provide employment for 7,000 Israeli workers...
...remained within the bounds of West German law. But that is not saying much. The country's export regulations are among the loosest in the world. The Economics Ministry processes some 70,000 chemical-industry export applications each year. Even the tighter regulations announced in the wake of the Libyan scandal, Economics Minister Helmut Haussmann maintained, do not guarantee that unscrupulous manufacturers will refrain from conducting business as usual...