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Once the quintessential "rogue state," Libya is now doing its best to shed an enduring reputation as a sponsor of terror and reintegrate into the international community. "Lockerbie belongs to the past - it's history," assures Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second-born son and potential heir of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, referring to the deadly 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Scotland, one of several terror attacks for which Libyan agents have been tried and convicted. Though Libya denies responsibility for those attacks, Gaddafi acknowledges they, together with the country's provocative stance toward Western nations over...
...sudden rush to embrace a nation once lumped among Washington's most loathed regimes? According to Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, who played a central role in negotiating the release of the Bulgarians, it's because Libya has proven it wants to help solve problems rather than create them. Gaddafi says Libya has mediated several conflict and crisis situations in Africa, including Darfur and Niger. That role, he says, has made the nation "the main diplomatic actor in North Africa." Gaddafi also confides Libyan diplomats have advised Blair on his Middle East mission, and have sought to facilitate his contacts with...
...Know Thine Enemy After reading Bobby Ghosh's "The Enemy's New Tools in Iraq" [June 25--July 2], I have a question. Once he completed his interview with terrorist Saif Abdallah, who makes improvised explosive devices, did Ghosh notify U.S. forces of Abdallah's location? If Ghosh sat in a room with him and his equipment, then he has knowledge that can lead to saving service members' lives. Abdallah's next "toy" might kill me or one of my soldiers, and that is unacceptable. Frank Slavin, Captain, U.S. Army, BAGHDAD...
...Know Thine Enemy After reading Bobby Ghosh's "The Enemy's New Tools" [June 25-July 2], I have a question. Once he completed his interview with terrorist Saif Abdallah, who makes improvised explosive devices, did Ghosh notify U.S. forces of Abdallah's location? If Ghosh sat in a room with him and his equipment, then he has knowledge that can lead to saving service members' lives. Abdallah's next "toy" might kill me or one of my soldiers, and that is unacceptable. Frank Slavin, Captain, U.S. Army, baghdad...
...Bobby Ghosh's "The Enemy's New Tools in Iraq" [June 25]: Once he completed his interview with terrorist Saif Abdallah, who makes improvised explosive devices, did Ghosh notify U.S. forces of Abdallah's location? If Ghosh sat in a room with him and his equipment, then he has knowledge that can lead to saving service members' lives. Abdallah's next "toy" might kill me or one of my soldiers, and that is unacceptable...