Word: nationalists
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...fail to publicly condemn bin Laden and his followers). At a crucial moment in the process, it becomes detrimental to the goals of the political movement to condone violent extremists, and then, usually, they are self-policed into oblivion. This week the legitimate political wing of the Northern Ireland nationalist movement (Sinn Fein), for instance, asked its violent extremists (the Provos) to disarm. In Spain, ETA has targeted Basque nationalist politicians who have joined the Spanish democratic process, knowing as their power grows, the ETA’s will diminish...
...BANGLADESH Opposition Victory The power struggle between two former women Prime Ministers continued after Begum Khaleda Zia swept to power and was immediately challenged by ousted leader Sheik Hasina Wazed. Unofficial results gave the alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party two-thirds of the 300 seats in Parliament in a general election marred by violence but described by international monitors as "generally free and fair...
...While radical Islamic groups remain a fringe element in the Southeast Asian societies in which they operate, their power and influence in Indonesia and Malaysia appear to be growing. The Asian economic meltdown has traumatized those societies and has fueled deep nationalist resentments of the United States. In Indonesia, it also ushered in a period of volatile political power struggles and secessionist and inter-communal violence. That has created an atmosphere fertile for the Islamists to exploit skepticism over U.S. intentions in the war on terrorism. Although they represent no more than 12 percent of the Muslim population, Indonesia...
...Today, this appears to be as big a blunder as the West's sales of weapons to Saddam Hussein in the 1970s, which enabled him to invade Iran. That war gave Tehran's faltering clerical regime a nationalist legitimacy that only now, almost 20 years later, is fraying. And then Saddam invaded Kuwait, leading to America's last...
...This has been a time when ordinary people - firemen, policemen, volunteers - have been justly hailed as heroes. They only make the comicbook superheroes seem more artificial. But wondering if this spells their doom is absurd. If anything, the likes of Captain America and Superman can become more relevant during nationalist crises. After the start of World War II audiences couldn't get enough of seeing Hitler and Tojo's minions take it in the mush courtesy of Cap and Supes. Depending on the length and intensity of the coming "War on Terrorism," don't be surprised to see our fantasy...