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Article: Is American next? (Iraqi-sponsored terrorism)(Special Report)
- Article from:
- Security Management
- Article date:
- April 1, 1991
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Will Iraqi-sponsored terrorism continue to be a threat to US interests? We must learn from past mistakes in managing this threat in order to avert future brutality.
IN 1979 THE UNITED STATES WAS CONFRONTED BY A CONflict in the Middle East emerging from the new Islamic Republic of Iran. Islam, the fastest-growing religion in the world, had reared its head in its most fundamentalist form, as interpreted by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
As the call for Jihad, the Holy War, spread it took on many forms. Islamic fundamentalism became intertwined with the Pan-Arab cause, the fate of the Palestinians, and the goals of several despotic Arab leaders, including ...