Epstein Secrets

branches of Al Hara- main have since been designated. See Exec. Order No. 13224 (designating BIF (November 19, 2002) and branches of Al Haramain (Bosnia, Somalia on March 11, 2002; Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanza- nia on January 22, 2004; Afghanistan, Al- bania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, the Nether- la

y a state sponsor of terrorism, while sub- section (a)(5) governs tortious acts, includ- ing terrorism, performed in the United States. See Flat= v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 999 F.Supp. 1, 15 (D.D.C.1998) (find- ing (a)(7) applied to conduct outside the United States and stating "28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(5) already

mi-secret organization with unseen but munificent benefactors, probably in Saudi Arabia. They have long acted as recruitment networks for causes in Bosnia, Chechnya, and Afghanistan during the Soviet war (1979-89). Today they have ties to the Sunni insurgents in Iraq, who in turn have ties to Iraqi re

ing that their adversary would have to think hard before striking back. That is where Syria comes in. It is the strategic relationship between the Islamic Republic and the Assad regime that makes it possible for Iran to EFTA00712619 undermine Israel's security. Over the three decades of hostility between Ira

ization and President George W. Bush's doctrine of preemption are two sides of the same coin. This latter school of thought gave Americans Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo during the 1990s and Afghanistan and Iraq in the 2000s. While the nation's military took an "acquisition holiday" during the 1990s, the

n interests. Or he could do nothing and let the forces of reaction prevail. EFTA00712966 In the case of Iran he did nothing, and the thugs of the Islamic Republic ruthlessly crushed the demonstrations. Ditto Syria. In Libya he was cajoled into intervening. In Egypt he tried to have it both ways, exhorting Egy