VOL. XL

No. 42

20 October 1997

The Political Scene

The State Department's decision to place the Iranian opposition group the MujahidinKhalq on the official US list of terrorist organizations has been denounced by theMujahidin as an attempt to mollify Tehran. After an American spokesman said that SaudiArabia would attend the forthcoming MENA economic summit in Qatar, the Saudis begged todiffer, and even Morocco is showing signs of restiveness. The FIS will boycott the 23October local elections...