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...Guard, an organization whose chief purposes are to protect the Saudi monarchy and maintain domestic order. Two groups have claimed responsibility. One, a previously unknown organization calling itself the Tigers of the Gulf, said it wants to drive Americans out of Saudi Arabia. There are other possible suspects, including Shia Muslims and Sunni fundamentalists unhappy with the rule of King Fahd. President Clinton said the U.S. would "devote an enormous effort" to finding out who is responsible: "We have expressed our condolences and deep regret to the families of those who were killed...
...have dedicated our college careers to improving intergroup relations; I believe our record speaks for itself. Beyond being simply false, the charges and insinuations levied against us, against Hillel and against Jewish students in general, are both deeply hurtful and profoundly disgraceful. Counter and Reid ought to be ashamed. Shia A. Held Chair, Harvard-Redcliffe Hillel
Answers to these questions can put Iran's internal-external politics into the proper perspective. The Islamic Republic, now approaching its seventh year of volatile tenure, has taken every possible measure to entrench itself as a theocratic despotism. Its leaders, armed with the radical Iranian brand of Shia ideology, which utilizes the modern totalitarian techniques of mass mobilization and suppression of all opposition, believe they are in firm conrtol of the country...
...continues because of Iran's failure, so far, to achieve two other goals. It has not successfully made a decisive military breakthrough to topple Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Nor has it been able to incite the Iraqi Shia population to an open rebellion in favor of Khomeini's version of an Islamic regime...
...Government source who has dealt with Berri: "He may be in the center but only because the center moved. He's not an extremist, but he's shown that he's quite willing to escalate his language -- and his actions -- to retain his position of authority in the Shia community." Still, there is no doubt that Berri feels deeply about the Shi'ites held by Israel and is as determined as his followers to get them released...