He also reports for Al-Qabas, a newspaper based in Kuwait, and for Radio Montecarlo. In this interview, Melhem reviews the evolution of Arab and Muslim nations' perspective on United States policies and actions in the Middle East, especially during the U.S. intervention in Lebanon during the 1980s. He also explores how Osama bin Laden and his contemporaries differ from the militant Islamic movements such as the Lebanese Hezbollah, which confronted the Reagan administration. Interview conducted late September 2001.