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...important measure of Bin Laden's strategic success or failure is the extent to which his worldview is embraced, or repudiated, on the Arab street. The fundamental strategic objective of al-Qaeda's terrorism is to channel the widespread anti-American anger in the Muslim world into the overthrow of pro-Western rulers, and their replacement by radical Islamist regimes. Whether the targets of its attacks are in the U.S. or Europe or the Middle East, their purpose is to fuel Islamic revolutions in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Arab and Muslim world...
...hang a toilet-paper roll, to sexual inquiries, such as what to do about cross-dressing husbands. It reached an estimated 90 million people daily through 1,200 publications. DIED. LIONEL BERNSTEIN, 82, a white antiapartheid activist; in Oxford, England. Bernstein stood trial for sabotage and attempted overthrow of the South African government alongside Nelson Mandela in 1963. Following his acquittal, Bernstein moved to England where he practiced as an architect. DIED. PEDRO ALCAZAR, 26, a Panamanian boxer, of a brain injury 36 hours after he lost his World Boxing Organization junior bantamweight title fight; in Las Vegas. Alcazar showed...
...elections, King Gyanendra imposed another three months' state of emergency and the army fought battles with Maoist insurgents. More than 160 rebels were killed when they attacked an army base in the Rukum district west of Katmandu. Further clashes with the rebels, who have been fighting since 1996 to overthrow the constitutional monarchy, left 10 more dead. THE PHILIPPINES Bounty Bid More than a year after Abu Sayyaf rebels took three Americans hostage, the U.S. government offered a reward of up to $5 million for the capture of the Muslim extremist group's leaders. Weeks after the rebel organization grabbed...
...across Iraq during the six-day birthday celebration. He is, more than ever, an invisible ruler, his authority wielded from the shadows, where he hides from potential assassins. The Potemkin parties were intended to deliver a message to any Iraqi citizen feeling restive, to any foreign government contemplating his overthrow. The all-powerful puppet master can make his whole nation sing his praises as a blunt reminder: I am still here. It won't be easy...
Invasion is not the only alternative being considered, but it is the most likely. Taking the Afghanistan campaign as their model, many proponents of action, including Senator John McCain, still believe that before the U.S. commits to a full-scale invasion, it's worth trying to overthrow Saddam in a proxy war with the help of a local opposition force much like the Northern Alliance, aided by American special forces and air power. But the Iraqi opposition, made up of Kurds in the north and Shi'ite Muslims in the south, is fragmented, largely untested and faced with an Iraqi...