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...multilateral diplomatic strategy for dealing with Iran. But the debate in Washington, and allied capitals, is likely to heat up. Nobody, at this stage, is advocating a direct U.S. invasion: Iran is a far larger and more powerful adversary than Iraq. And Washington would likely be forced to shoulder such a burden alone - the British, for example, have made clear they'd have no part in such an enterprise. So, the hawkish option is to press for Iran's diplomatic isolation, destabilize the country through covert operations and directly back an armed uprising led by exile groups such...
...Europe may get the cold shoulder when coveted reconstruction contracts are doled out in post-Saddam Iraq. But Serbian officials say their country--not long ago the target of U.S. bombs--is in line for a chunk of a $680 million pie. Reason: in the run-up to Gulf War II, Serbian and U.S. officials tell TIME, Serbia gave the U.S. vital information about Iraqi targets...
...scuttle efforts to stop worldwide proliferation. Said Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, last week: "This Administration seems to be moving toward a military posture in which nuclear weapons are considered just like other weapons." - By Mark Thompson/Washington SERBIA'S WAR WINDFALL SERBIA Old Europe may get the cold shoulder when coveted reconstruction contracts are doled out in post-Saddam Iraq. But Serbian officials say their country - not long ago the target of U.S. bombs - is in line for a chunk of a $680 million pie. Reason: in the run-up to Gulf War II, Serbian and U.S. officials tell...
...planes to Saudi Arabia, and conducted joint military exercises with Egypt and other countries. And the CIA began one of its longest and most expensive covert operations, supplying billions of dollars in arms to a collection of Afghan guerrillas fighting the Soviets. The arms shipments included Stinger missiles, the shoulder-fired, antiaircraft weapons that were used with deadly accuracy against Soviet helicopters and that are now in circulation among terrorists who have fired such weapons at commercial airliners. Among the rebel recipients of U.S. arms: Osama bin Laden...
Casali has its own official photographer for the project, who walks around with two cameras slung over his shoulder. And there’s another man in charge of videotaping. Eventually, Simister says, his audio recording will be combined with the video in a documentary...