Word: asserting
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...West, they may be being eclipsed by events. "As we saw during the Lebanon crisis with its support of Hezbollah - Shi'ites [that] the al-Qaeda has traditionally loathed as heathen - the traditional al-Qaeda leadership looks as though it's chasing after conflicts, and struggling to assert its role as an influence and reference in the war to advance Islam in the world," Jacquard says. "Before that it looked both late and calculating in supporting Hamas. At least by appearance, traditional al-Qaeda leaders at times look frantic trying to get back to center stage...
...think, not an exaggeration to assert that holding all of those assets in the form of U.S. treasury bills...[is] financial malpractice,” he said...
...think, not an exaggeration to assert that holding all of those assets in the form of U.S. treasury bills...[is] financial malpractice,” he said...
...memo also discusses how a thread of information revealed by one detainee would be used as leverage or leads for questioning another, often in rapid succession. The documents assert that numerous plots have been killed in their crib and many dangerous operatives have been put out of commission based on information gleaned from interrogations...
...over maps of the land mines it left during the occupation. Rice is also encouraging Lebanon and Israel to work out a deal on the so-called Shebaa Farms problem. This tiny patch of territory is occupied by Israel. Historically it belonged to Syria, but Lebanon and Syria now assert that it is Lebanese--providing a pretext for further resistance to the "occupier." If Shebaa is resolved, possibly by Israel delivering it into the hands of the multinational force, Hizballah will be able to claim a proud if insubstantial victory but will have one less reason to keep fighting...