Word: assertive
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...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...
...Superpowers on the Horizon Your reporting on the economic growth of India, [June 19], made plain that the world is changing at a pace we can't control. Countries that have had nothing in the past are now fighting to assert their dominance on the world stage. No longer are Western nations the rulers of our planet. Eastern countries have seen what the West has achieved, and now they want a little of that for themselves. I don't believe it will be long before China and India become the new superpowers. I wonder how the U.S. will cope when...
...face of my country. Katharina Pink Munich Superpowers on the Horizon Your reporting on the economic growth of India, "India Awakens" [July 3], made plain that the world is changing at a pace we can't control. Countries that have had nothing in the past are now fighting to assert their dominance on the world stage. No longer are Western nations the rulers of our planet. Eastern countries have seen what the West has achieved, and now they want a little of that for themselves. I don't believe it will be long before China and India become...
...what we're seeing today is not simply a replay of hackneyed set pieces in the Middle East. With new governments in place in the three key nodes of the crisis--Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority--and fighters within the radical Islamist groups--Hamas and Hizballah--eager to assert their agendas, the region is going through a period of dramatic and in some ways radical change. The volatility has added new fuel to the motivations and ambitions that have defined why they fight. And that poses a challenge for the international community--not least a U.S. Administration already waging...