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| September 9, 2002 | Monday | Rajab 1, 1423 |
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Fear of ‘blowback’ hinders war: Oust Saddam operation
LONDON: CIA officers have a name for intelligence or military operations that rebound on those prosecuting them. They call it ‘blowback’, a concept neatly described by Peter Bergen in his book... 
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Masood’s cult unites & divides Afghans
BAZARAK (Afghanistan): Ahmad Shah Masood, the legendary face of the anti-Taliban resistance, still has the power to unite and divide Afghans, even a year after his death....
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Intifada buckles Israeli economy
AL QUDS: A senior Israeli commander, Major-General Uzi Dayan, completed his tour of duty the other day with a warning that the ailing Israeli economy will be unable to support the...
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Spain in love with Fahd, his money
MADRID: Since Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd arrived for holidays in the luxury seaside resort of Marbella, he has soared to being one of Spain’s top celebrities....
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Iranian cinema in disarray
TEHRAN: Iran’s minimalist art-house films may win accolades abroad, but many young Iranians would rather curl up in front of an uncensored Hollywood movie on DVD....
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Saga of escape from Tora Bora
LONDON: Osama bin Laden and most of his top-ranking Arab associates were able to escape from Afghanistan last year because of a series of avoidable strategic blunders by the United States...
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Right-wing US policy of dominance over Eurasia
WASHINGTON: When excerpts of the document first appeared in the New York Times in the spring of 1992, it created quite a stir. One senator described it as a prescription for...
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Confusion over linking Saudi businessman with Osama
RIYADH, Sept 8: Confusion prevailed here on the issue of Wael Hamza Julaidan who was implicated last Friday by the US State Department of having links with the Al Qaeda network...
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Israel bans 14 Gaza MPs from session
RAMALLAH, Sept 8: Israel has banned 14 Gaza Strip MPs from attending what the Palestinians had hoped would be the first full session of their parliament since the launch of the...
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Sudanese militiamen head to war zone
KHARTOUM, Sept 8: Another battalion of Islamist militiamen left the capital here Sunday for Sudan’s southern war zones to help government troops recapture a stronghold from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation...
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