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...mischief has been aimed at his political foes. Since 1980, more than 15 anti-Gaddafi Libyan exiles have been assassinated in Italy, England, West Germany, Greece and the U.S. More than 50 people were injured in two London bombings in 1984 that were presumed to be of Libyan origin. That same year Gaddafi caused an uproar in London, when gunfire from the Libyan embassy / killed a British policewoman and injured eleven Libyan dissident demonstrators...
...roadblocks out of the city until 90 minutes after the murder. Investigators were reportedly so sloppy in examining the scene that the only physical evidence of the shooting, two bullets, was actually found by passersby. And police drew scorn upon themselves when they publicly announced their puzzlement at the origin and uniqueness of the copper-tipped .357 Magnum cartridges, which could have been purchased in a sporting-goods store a block away from the Prime Minister's office...
...letter to Dartmouth's president David T. McLaughlin, the lawyer for the 12 students asked him to step aside as the chief appeals officer in the case. The students believe that he has already judged their actions as racist in origin, but McLaughlin has not disqualified himself, Rafshoon said...
...fact that AIA grew out of a media watch-dog organization casts suspicion on its intentions. AIA was founded to trace the origin of a supposed liberal bias in education using the same methods as its media-watching parent organization. Malcolm Lawrence, president of AIA, draws the parallel between media and education: "The classroom can be compared to a newspaper. The professor is the source of information or service for which the student pays...
...tragedy has its root, after all, and usually the root is of a loving origin. America did not grieve over the destruction of a $1.2 billion tinkertoy, nor did it deign to inappropriately question the uncontested brilliance of the men and women of NASA. America found agony in the immolation of seven remarkable individuals. Who had families just like ours. And dreams every bit as heroic. And the fatal duty of playing pioneer to a frontier no more or less forgiving than the ones we face every day of our lives...