Iran and Syria could have freed the prisoners years ago, and ended hostage-taking as a strategy of Mideast terrorism, had they so wished.

The best way to reduce Mideast terrorism is to stop the state support on which it depends, as has been proven by the allied pressure on Syria.

Can it really believe that depriving Palestinian civilians of life's necessities will reduce Mideast terrorism rather than spawn yet another generation of it?

But it was only a matter of weeks before Mideast terrorism and politics altered the exchange's plans.

"I wrote the book in 1977, when the whole idea of Mideast terrorism was a relatively new phenomenon," he said.

CHAPTER 30 After lunch, we made our way to a small, windowless briefing room on the fourth floor where we heard a short lecture about terrorism in general, and Mideast terrorism in particular.

I don't know beans about Mideast terrorism.

But administration after administration, U.S. policy about Mideast terrorism has been a dishonest mess.

Without Mr. Clinton's host, Mideast terrorism could not have so flourished.

Professional intelligence people do not charge an Argentine cover-up, and in a real sense the bombings make Argentina a victim of Mideast terrorism.