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...findings have also prompted calls for the resignations of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz, both of whom have been widely blamed for mistakes made during the war. The commission also took Halutz to task for how he dealt with Israel’s civilian political leaders, to whom he served as the top military adviser. “[The chief of staff] did not alert the political echelon to the serious shortcomings in the preparedness and the fitness of the armed forces for an extensive ground operation,” the report continues...
...TRANSPORTATION Repairs are complete at 92 of 98 rail stations. But nationwide an average of only 32 trains a week ran because of security concerns. Baghdad International Airport averaged 403 flights (military and civilian) a week, down from last quarter...
...President Gore might have made to the world. Come on, America, get it together - the world belongs to all of us, not only a few millionaires playing politics. Dr. Harold Jones, ERBACH, GERMANY Taming Terrorism's Reign The tragedy of the Sinnathambi family is not unique [Apr 16]. Civilian casualties and displacement can occur in any armed conflict, whether the guise is ethnic or religious strife. Once a dispute becomes full-blown war, the weapons industry takes over by supplying arms to both sides of the dividing line. This is a major reason for prolonged conflicts, and in this regard...
...personnel, the U.S. and Iraqi authorities may be able to restore some of the Green Zone's former impregnability. But there's no guarantee that will last, and it comes at a cost. With the new security restrictions being erected and a bunker mentality increasingly taking hold, the U.S. civilian presence is likely to retreat inward, behind the walls of its new embassy--and even further away from the reality of Iraq's dysfunction...
...Ehud Olmert on Wednesday vowed that the army would carry out "pin-point" operations using helicopter gunships to halt the rockets pouring out of Gaza. He ruled out a larger assault on the Palestinian enclave in Gaza, according to several military sources, because aside from causing more damage to civilian Palestinian homes, it is doubtful that a big offensive could stop the rocket crews. A drawn-out siege in Gaza last summer, sparked by the capture of an Israeli corporal, killed hundreds of Palestinians but failed to halt the barrage of short-range and often wildly inaccurate missiles careening into...