Word: appeareance
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...fire--sparked the military's fifth investigation into U.S. personnel accused of murdering Iraqi civilians. But unlike the massacre in Haditha, where Marines are suspected of shooting up to 24 innocent people in November following the death of a beloved comrade, the butchering of Abeer's family does not appear to be the result of vengeance or confusion. Instead, all signs point to premeditated depravity...
...return. For years, Palestinians have tried to call attention to the 9,000-plus Palestinians in Israeli jails, many of them noncombatants convicted in quick trials in military tribunals that Raji Sourani, the director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, calls "kangaroo courts." Why does the Israeli government appear so inflexible about releasing prisoners at this time? Abbas and Israeli government sources say that at a private meeting in June, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised to release some prisoners as a goodwill gesture. But that was before Shalit was taken. The Israelis worry that capitulation now would encourage further...
...investigating subcommittee is formed only when the CPC determines that a case “merits further action,” according to FAS regulations. Under the same rules, the accused party is given the right to appear before the investigating subcommittee and to issue a response to the report that is sent to the FAS dean...
...Still, when Secretary Rice talks of getting "back on track" once Hamas hands over Corporal Shalit, it's difficult to know what she means. There is currently no "track" involving Hamas, and no obvious incentive for movement to respond positively to her appeal. And the gunmen of Hamas appear to be out to show that even though Israel ignores the elected government, they can force it to bargain...
...Israel, the less valuable its friendship may have become. After all, the best kind of friend for Israel is one capable of helping it and its neighbors carve out a path to peaceful coexistence. And that requires engaging with the real power players, no matter how offensive they may appear through the lens of "moral clarity...