Word: ariel
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...response to two suicide bombings in Jerusalem that killed 26 Israelis over two days. This time, the Israelis came to stay, bringing mobile homes of the type commonly used by West Bank settlers to build a makeshift barracks in line with a tough new policy announced by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Israel now plans to capture Palestinian Authority-controlled territory in response to each suicide attack, and will hold such territory until attacks...
...Israelis, this unsightly wall is born of ugly necessity. It's one link in a broad plan that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved last week to try to fence out terrorism. The government plans to build a fence along that part of the Green Line where most of the deadly suicide bombers have crossed into Israel during the 20-month-long Palestinian uprising. It's an expensive measure--costing $1.6 million for each of 75 miles of fencing--and it's politically charged, as it requires demarcating a line between the Israelis and the Palestinians that no Israeli government...
When the Israelis stormed Arafat's headquarters last week, they harbored no expectation that the incursion would provoke him to confront terrorism. Rather, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hopes that harassing Arafat will diminish his status, persuading other Palestinians and the world that he is no longer a relevant power. Sharon thinks Arafat is beyond redemption. He has made clear that his preference would be to kill or exile him. However, he promised President Bush he would not do the former, and he feels bound by the pledge, even though, by his own account, he regrets making it. Last week, continuing...
...most excruciating example of an needlessly elaborate game strategy came in Argentina's final outing, against Sweden. With the Swedes reluctant to leave their own half, the South American champs were easily able to feed the ball to Pablo Aimar and Ariel Ortega, who were in turn meant to create scoring opportunities for Gabriel Batistuta. Both of these diminutive players have had the misfortune of being tagged "the new Maradona." Perhaps the heavy burden of that label compelled them to show off their dazzling skills every time they received the ball, weaving one way, then the other, deceiving a couple...
...antagonists. MIDDLE EAST Car Bomb Reignites West Bank Violence A suicide bomber drove a van packed with explosives into a bus filled with soldiers in Megiddo junction in northern Israel, killing 17 passengers and injuring 40 others. The death toll is the highest number within Israel since Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's recent incursions into the West Bank. Israeli helicopter gunships opened fire with machine guns on the nearby West Bank town of Jenin and tanks rolled into surrounding neighborhoods. Tanks also destroyed much of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's headquarters. NORTHERN IRELAND A Sinn Fein Mayor Elected in Belfast...