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Article: Iran scores in world war.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2006
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Byline: Arnaud de Borchgrave, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BERN, Switzerland. - Those who gazed into their crystal balls at the end of the 20th century to get a glimpse of coming attractions missed the main event. Islam, whether in the form of young jihadis who live to die killing those who live to live in freedom, or conservative oil sheiks and emirs clinging to divine-right-of-kings privileges by heaping praise on Hezbollah guerrillas, dominates our fear of what the future may bring.
Perception is reality in most parts of the world but nowhere as much as in the Arab world and in the Muslim world beyond. Hezbollah ("Party of God"), listed as a terrorist ...