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...Mahathir Misses the Target Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's anti-Semitic comments deserve scrutiny [Oct. 27]. He said, "Today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them." If his comments weren't so pathetic, we should thank Mahathir for revealing precisely the mentality of the Islamic leaders he was addressing. Even if the Prime Minister's assertions were true, they largely missed the point. If so many Jews were in influential positions, it would show the ability of Jewish communities to adapt to their environment and grasp what modernity is about...
RESIGNED. MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, 77, autocratic Malaysian Prime Minister; as expected, after a 22-year tenure during which he spearheaded the largely Muslim nation's rapid transformation from a tin-and rubber-producing backwater to a high-tech exporter but also diminished the judiciary, censored the media and intimidated the opposition. He promoted a moderate brand of Islam, but his last days in office were overshadowed by his statements disparaging Jews...
...Malaysian Farewell Your account of the mixed legacy of Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as he steps down after 22 years in power was an informative report on the country's changes under his leadership [Oct. 20]. Despite all the criticisms leveled against him, it is undeniable that Mahathir truly put Malaysia on the world map. I can still remember when my parents, while traveling abroad, would have had a hard time explaining that Malaysia was located north of Singapore and south of Thailand. Those days are over. Despite Mahathir's sometimes controversial remarks about certain ethnic groups...
...were followed by bitter disappointment. Shortly after Tohir and Ismail were nabbed, says National Police chief detective Erwin Mappaseng, two bigger fish got away through a maze of small alleys in Bandung. Police say Dr. Azahari bin Husin, JI's alleged master bombmaker, and Nurdin Mohamad Top, a fellow Malaysian and suspected bomb expert, had been hiding out in a boarding house in Bandung for six weeks. Apparently, the two Malaysians got wind of the earlier arrests-and disappeared. When police searched the Bandung boarding house, they discovered six small bombs. Says one officer: "Azahari is obsessed with making bombs...
...SWORN IN. ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI, 63, as Malaysia's fifth prime minister; by King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra; at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur. The Mr. Nice Guy of Malaysian politics, Abdullah succeeds combative predecessor Mahathir Mohamad, 77, who retired after 22 years at the country's helm. Abdullah fell out with Mahathir in 1988 when he joined a group that unsuccessfully challenged the Prime Minister's leadership of the ruling party. In 1991 the rift was healed when Mahathir named him Foreign Minister...