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Authorities are blaming the blast on Chechen separatists dispatched from near the Dagestan border. In response, Moscow law enforcement agencies are carrying out a widespread search among the city?s Chechen population for signs of terrorist activity. They claim to be looking for a two-ton consignment of explosives transported to the capital in sugar bags, and have arrested more than 20 people on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. "But the bombing reveals a lot of what?s wrong in Russia today," says Meier. "The terrorists are suspected of using locally manufactured high-grade plastic explosives, which would imply that...
...usual suspects? For a terrorist bombing in Moscow, there may be too many to round up. Russian authorities confirmed Thursday that an overnight explosion that killed 23 people and injured more than 150 was caused by a 450-pound bomb, opening another round of speculation as to the identity of the perpetrators. Although a caller to the Interfax news agency claimed the attack was a "response to the bombing of villages in Chechnya and Dagestan," that?s unlikely to close the betting on the identity of the perpetrators...
...past had routinely used torture," says Beyer. "Now that they may be put on trial, they?re more likely to first consider the context and the consequences." But even though the perpetrators of last weekend?s failed car bombings turned out to be Israeli Arabs, the main terrorist threat comes from Hamas supporters inside the Palestinian territories. Good thing for Israel, then, that there are fewer restraints on the Palestinian security police...
...realty choices that have Mrs. Clinton?s political foes up in arms at the moment, though; it?s her husband?s recent decision to grant clemency to 16 members of a Puerto Rican separatist guerrilla group responsible for terrorist attacks in New York City. The New York Post, for example, accuses President Clinton of freeing the prisoners "for the sole purpose of helping his wife's Senate campaign attract Hispanic votes." But that may be reaching. "Do you see the Puerto Rican community getting excited about this or rushing out to support Hillary?s campaign? Hardly," says Branegan. Armed struggle...
Courtney Kennedy Hill 1956- --Human-rights activist, notably for accused I.R.A. terrorist Paul Hill, who is now her husband