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...When the U.S. captured Zubaydah in a daring raid in Pakistan in late March it was the biggest catch of the war on al-Qaeda so far. The 31-year-old, born in Saudi Arabia to Palestinian parents, was the Number 3 man on the al-Qaeda org chart. He'd been in charge of the Khalden training camp in Afghanistan, where al-Qaeda taught many Europe-based Arabs. His fingerprints appear on most of the group's terrorist plots during the past few years: Zubaydah was implicated in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa; he allegedly played...
Both the Israelis and the Palestinians need more than President Bush's demands or Colin Powell's briefcase full of ideas to halt their barbaric war [WORLD, April 22]. They need realistic incentives. Powell blew a golden opportunity to provide them by not solidly supporting the Saudi peace proposal during his recent tour of the Middle East. This proposal offers incentives for everyone. The Palestinians would get their sovereign state. Israel would get peace with the Palestinians and Arab neighbors. The Arab states would get a reduction in the threats to their internal stability fueled by popular sympathy...
...Saudi peace proposal has become a pan-Arab plan agreed upon by all Arab countries. The U.S. acknowledges it as a good move toward peace. Yet the Israelis and Palestinians continue to receive direct and indirect aid to buy weaponry from Saudi Arabia and the U.S. The Israeli and Palestinian people are pawns in a chess game of oil supply and demand between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. DOUG SNEDDEN Ottawa...
When Israel released documents last week purporting to show that the government of Saudi Arabia is financing Palestinian terrorist groups, Saudi officials angrily dismissed the charge. The Saudis, however, are not disputing a key Israeli claim: that money from the Kingdom is going to the families of suicide bombers. In an interview with TIME last Friday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal condemned suicide attacks against civilians but acknowledged that the families of the bombers have benefited from millions in Saudi aid given to the relatives of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the intifadeh. "There...
...club's greatest player ever; in Barcelona. Before coaching the Spanish national team for 68 games from 1969-1980, the Hungarian-born Kubala helped his club win four league titles and five Spanish Cups. He also played for Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and did brief coaching stints for the Saudi Arabian and Paraguayan national teams. DIED. KHUNYING KANITTHA WICHIENCHAROEN, 82, gutsy lawyer and women's activist; in Bangkok. One of the first women in Thailand to receive a university education, Kanittha devoted her career to battling discrimination against women. Among her triumphs: establishing a shelter for abused women and children...