Terrorism's True Roots: The international terror network, including al-Qaeda, was created by Communists and their left-wing allies under the guise of "Islamic fundamentalism". (Terrorism).(Cover Story)

From: The New American | Date: December 3, 2001| Author: Jasper, William F. | Copyright information

Like the 38 other unsuspecting passengers and crew members who boarded United Airlines Flight 93 in Newark on September 11th, Jeremy Glick had no way of foreseeing the intense and deadly drama that was about to unfold. After suicide-hijackers commandeered the San Francisco-bound Boeing 757, passengers aboard the doomed jetliner planned a desperate counterattack and placed calls to their loved ones. Among those who phoned home was Jeremy Glick, one of the citizen heroes of Flight 93...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Our Moscow Blinders; The most exciting developments in the former Soviet Union are outside Russia.
The Washington Post ; Two recent events, a few days apart, one witnessed by most Americans, the other noted only by experts, leave contradictory impressions about our relations with the former Soviet Union. One, the visit of President Yeltsin, reinforces a comfortable pattern of thought. The other, the fighting in
A mugging by Moscow. (Soviet Union's relations with Middle East countries)
U.S. News & World Report ; A mugging by Moscow Getting mugged at diplomacy is always awkward for agreat power. For America, struggling to regain stature in the Persian Gulf, being bested by the Soviet Union before a skeptical world is nearly degrading. Yet, as the U.S. commits its fleet to remold a shattered policy, it is
Soviet Union Ready to Join West's Intelsat
The Washington Post ; In a further step to remove Cold War barriers, the Soviet Union plans to join the international communications consortium Intelsat this summer, according to U.S. officials. Moscow is expected to pay about $800,000 for a 0.5 percent ownership stake in Washington-based Intelsat, whose 15
GLASNOST FUELS A TOURISM TAKEOFF FOR THE SOVIET UNION
The Boston Globe ; ... 1912. It has amenities not usually found in a Russian hotel, such as 24-hour room service, a satellite dish that brings in Cable News Network, and a gambling casino. Once forbidden by law, private restaurants, usually cooperatives, are proliferating in Moscow ...
Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, Europe, Street Level Map, International
Maps.com (Street Maps) ; 00-00-0000 Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, Europe, Street Level Map, International
The new Holy Alliance. (United States; Soviet Union; international balance of power)
The Nation ; The balance of power in international relations shifts slowly. Yet there are moments of truth when light is suddenly thrown on the altered landscape, showing not only higher peaks and lower valleys but also perspectives that are entirely new. The Kuwait crisis is acting as such an eye-opener. In
A picture of failure. (Soviet Union's economic crisis) (The Economist: A Survey of Perestroika)
The Economist (US) ; THE catalyst for Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, and thus for the revolution that swept through Eastern Europe last year, was the Soviet Union's deepening economic crisis. Measuring the scale of this failure turns out to be difficult. This is not for lack of statistics-anything but. The Soviet
Russia vs. the Soviet Union; by declaring its independence from the Kremlin, the Russian heartland has destroyed the U.S.S.R. (column)
U.S. News & World Report ; The Soviet Union, which claims sovereignty over one sixth of the globe and 290 million people, has virtually disintegrated. The dissolution of the political, economic and cultural ties between the center and the periphery, among the 15 republics and even within the Russian heartland itself, has
Soviet Union, Israel renew diplomatic ties
Chicago Sun-Times ; JERUSALEM Israel and the Soviet Union restored diplomatic relations today after a 24-year rupture. The announcement came in a joint statement issued here by Foreign Ministers David Levy of Israel and Boris Pankin of the Soviet Union. Israel long had insisted that the Soviet Union would have to
The Soviet Union and the Vietnam War
Airpower Journal ; The Soviet Union and the Vietnam War by Ilya V. Gaiduk. Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1332 North Halstead Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622, 1996, 250 pages, $28.95. This book is an essential text for students of either the Vietnam War or Soviet studies-participants in the former or practitioners of the latter.