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...wouldn't say no." Fellow fighters respect Basayev but few like him. Two former guerrillas interviewed by Time two years ago in Vedeno remembered Basayev as a harsh, mercurial leader. "One moment he could be nice, the next minute he could curse you out, really insult you," recalled Sultan, a Basayev aide. "Then he would come back, see you were offended and say it was a joke. I was never convinced." (About a year ago, Sultan was detained by the Russians and has not been heard from since.) Kazbek, a deeply religious young fighter who joined Basayev...
...Arab world. Or rather, the reopening of an old one. It is possible, of course, that the near-simultaneous attacks that killed more than 30 people, most of them Israeli tourists at the Hilton Hotel in Taba, and at the Red Sea resorts of Nuweiba and Ras al-Sultan, could be the work of others. Radical Palestinian groups would certainly make any list of possible suspects, particularly given the target. Hamas has long promised to hit back for Israel's systematic elimination of much of its leadership cadre, and with Israel''s military actions impeding suicide bombers and rocket attacks...
...fundraising boost, Nye, who now holds the Sultan of Oman chair in international affairs, said yesterday that much of the school’s surplus can be attributed to cost-saving measures and structural reforms...
...Pera, a Genoese colony just across the Golden Horn from Constantinople, viewed themselves as separate from their Byzantine neighbors. They saw no reason to become involved in their plight and engaged in shameful neutrality. They expected to reap rewards for this behavior, and they thought that the Ottoman Sultan would be gracious because of their inaction. They were wrong. The treatment they received was the same as any other Christian town that submitted voluntarily to the Sultan’s rule; they had to pay special taxes, their walls were torn down, they were forbidden to carry weapons and they...
According to Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations Joseph S. Nye, Jr., technological innovation at the end of the 20th century, coinciding with the emergence of determined non-state actors, created a global landscape in which traditional deterrents and the “hard power” of military force are rendered ineffective...