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...cells, Rumsfeld chided what he called "loose talk" about whether any of the captives could be considered anything but terrorists and "unlawful combatants." It was a not-so-oblique rebuke to Secretary of State Colin Powell's suggestion the day before - that the Administration reconsider whether to accord even unlawful combatants treatment prescribed for war prisoners under the Genevea Convention, if only to ensure that U.S. prisoners of war continue to receive it in the future. "There are no ambiguities in this case," Rumsfeld insisted, wearing shirt sleeves and a Defense Department cap, adding that it would be "a terribly...
Though Arafat once had solid ties with Iran, the Islamic regime turned its back on him in 1993 when he signed the Oslo peace accord with Israel, which Tehran regards as anathema. Iran focused its attentions instead on Hizballah, which for years fought Israeli soldiers occupying southern Lebanon. That battle lost its ferocity in May 2000, when Israel pulled out of Lebanon. The new Palestinian intifadeh, now 15 months old, offered Iran a fresh opportunity to export extremism. First, Iran's proxy Hizballah set up its own infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza. Then, early last year, Iran organized...
...other hand, some liberal members said they felt the new arrangement did not accord women a significant enough role in services...
...Fears that the latest escalation could plunge peace efforts back into the deep freeze appear to be confirmed by a Jerusalem Post report that a senior Israeli military officer has suggested that Israel may have to reoccupy territories ceded to Arafat under the Oslo Accord. And it's not just a hawkish general who's thinking that way. The Post also reports that Labor Party leader Benjamin Ben-Eliezer on Thursday justified his decision to remain in Ariel Sharon's unity cabinet with a claim that he and his colleagues had managed to block a cabinet proposal to recapture territory...
...Finance Ministry did not change of its own accord. Likud Party lawmaker Avraham Hirshson and his aide Michael Handelsman went to Israel's Supreme Court to force the government to pay survivors the same amount as Germany. The court ordered a 24% hike in payments. "They've always treated survivors as nothing more than a nuisance," says Handelsman. Even now, getting money can be expensive. Pinto insists that people don't need a lawyer to make a claim, but many hire one to cut through the bureaucracy. The lawyers typically take a commission equal to six months of compensation payments...