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can guess who might have written this? JK, 25 April 2003 Folks, here is part of an official dispatch; see if you can guess who might have written it: "There is one point about the present situation in Palestine where I think there's been some confusion of thought at home as well as in neighboring Arabic-speaking countries. There are two aspects to it and they should, for the clearer understanding, be rigidly separated. The first, with which we can allow ourselves to sympathize, is the purely Pan Arab one. And, Palestine has centered itself on an unrelenting hostility to the...

Is there or isn't there a Saudi megaplot to thwart democracy in the Middle East and spread fundamentalism in its place? Is Lebanon the staging ground for a fundamentalist Sunni restoration in Syria to be orchestrated by the Saudis? 'snip' A few weeks ago in downtown Beirut, and a short distance from Hariri's grave, the espresso-sippers at trendy cafes got the privilege of first-row seating to the spectacle of fellow Lebanese demonstrating for an Islamic state and the imposition of Islamic law. They were Sunnis from the furthermost northern region of Lebanon around Akkar that hugs the Syrian border. Some...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia have discussed ways of improving Arab cooperation as the two countries face U.S. accusations over alleged terror links, diplomats said Sunday. "They want to create some unified stances to present Arabs as a united front," one diplomat said after Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah arrived in Damascus late Saturday to meet President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian official media reported that the talks "tackled proposed ways of developing and activating Arab cooperation...in the face of the broadside that the Arab world is facing." The United States accuses Syria of supporting anti-Israel "terrorist" groups...