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...debates going towar against Iraq, the Navy has lodged its own grievance against Saddam. In a report released last week, it basically concluded that Iraq is responsible for the drowning of two U.S. sailors in the Persian Gulf late last year, even though the men were not properly trained for the mission. Benjamin Johnson, 21, of Rochester, N.Y., and Vincent Parker, 38, of Preston, Miss., died when the decrepit ship they were guarding, which had been seized by the Navy for smuggling Iraqi oil, went down during a violent storm. The sailors were part of a decade-long effort...
SMUGGLING ROUTES Sanctions have done little to stem the flow of goods into Iraq, including banned components and dual-use equipment transported across the border with Jordan and through Iraq's port on the Persian Gulf...
...wild-eyed mystic named Shams of Tabriz. Rumi and Shams, legend has it, immediately recognized each other as brothers on a spiritual plane. Most Muslims vigorously deny that the relationship had a homosexual component, but whatever its exact nature, it initiated an awakening that would ultimately transform the young Persian intellectual into a mystic on the level of a St. John of the Cross or a Shankara. The legend goes on to say that Rumi and Shams became so inseparable that jealousy grew among Rumi's already considerable followers. Ultimately they acted, murdering Shams and leaving Rumi alone again...
...alliance and turn the Gulf War into a religious war. Back then, the Israeli leadership was wise enough to restrain itself, knowing full well that the U.S. would protect Israel and her interests. The same will be true this time around if (God forbid) there is another Persian Gulf War. Why should Israel risk an apocalyptic Arab-Israeli war for the sake of attacking Iraq when the U.S. is willing and better able to act on Israel’s behalf...
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s recent announcement that he will strike back if Iraq attacks Israel marks a major shift in Israeli thinking since the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has spoken out against the policy change, saying that it would be in Israel’s best interests not to get involved. But Israel is a sovereign nation; it unquestionably has the right to defend itself from an Iraqi strike...