(Washington Post) David Ignatius - Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah supposedly issued the fatwa, or religious ruling, that encouraged Shiite terrorists to detonate truck bombs outside the U.S. Embassy and Marine barracks in 1983 -- killing hundreds of Americans. Would he advise his followers to stop the killing if Israel agreed, say, to the Saudi peace proposal and recognized a Palestinian state? The answer: no peace; only truce.
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