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...Terrorists: Why Not Negotiate? The decision by the Philippines to withdraw its peacekeepers from Iraq in exchange for the release of a Philippine truck driver who was kidnapped by insurgents is to be applauded [Aug. 9]. Surely it is the duty of any government to safeguard its own people before anything else. The Philippines did not cave in to U.S. pressure or sacrifice one of its citizens to satisfy the Bush Administration. C.A. Van Meurs Christchurch, New Zealand...
...from October 2000 to February 2001 that the 9/11 commission uncovered [July 26-August 2] is not news to everyone. Thanks to Iran's vast oil revenues, the Iranian mullahs are able to finance Islamist terrorists worldwide. Iran is, in fact, the mother of modern Islamist terrorism, with its truck bombings, suicide attacks, hostage taking and international assassinations. Iran has been on the wrong side of the law for a long time, and the world has made only minimal attempts to stop it. Misusing the funds that belong to the Iranian people, the hard-liners in Tehran are waging...
...killings were a gruesome reminder that the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq is supported by a very vulnerable secondary army of tens of thousands of migrant cooks, cleaners and drivers from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. (The same week, kidnappers freed three Indian truck drivers, three Kenyans and an Egyptian but killed three Turks.) The executions produced concerns of a different kind for Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who was accused of not doing enough to free the hostages. The deaths capped a rough fortnight in which the Maoists tried to cripple Kathmandu by forcing 12 corporations...
...teachers at al-Islam school have no truck with faith healing or visits to tombs of famous scholars to seek answers to prayers. "Their ideology is not suitable to local people," says Maksun of the fundamentalists. "They don't agree with many of our traditions that we have practiced for hundreds of years." Kasmawati, a 22-year-old who stands outside her house a few hundred yards from the school, agrees. "The students don't mingle at all with us," she says, adding that few local children attend the school. "Those strange-looking trousers, the robes and the beards...
...Najaf to cover clashes between al-Sadr's Mahdi army and Iraqi government and American forces when they were captured on Aug. 20. Over the past five months, more than 100 hostages from nearly 20 countries have been seized in Iraq. In some cases they were freed. Seven truck drivers abducted in July were released by their captors last week after a ransom of $500,000 was paid by their employer, the Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company. But a group calling itself the Army of Ansar al-Sunna announced last week that it had executed 12 hostages from Nepal...