Word: compounded
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact, they hadn't. The Israelis had warned Arafat in advance that they were coming. Their orders were to destroy half the buildings in Arafat's compound (called the Muqata'a), which they did over the course of a six-hour onslaught, but to leave Arafat unscathed, just as they had in a similar raid starting in late March. This new attack was payback for a bombing the day before that killed 17 Israelis. But the bombing had been claimed by Islamic Jihad, a radical Palestinian group that does not answer to Arafat and, moreover, opposes...
...part, the Israelis struck at Arafat because they could. Israeli military officials acknowledge that though they knew Islamic Jihad was to blame, they didn't have specific intelligence immediately available enabling them to hit directly at the group. In that sense, rocketing Arafat's compound was a bit like being angry at your spouse and therefore kicking the dog. Beyond that, the Israelis insist that Arafat is responsible for all Palestinian terrorism, not just the attacks carried out by the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is part of his Fatah organization. Their argument is that Arafat does not seriously go after...
...This is a group I also respect. It's so unlike anything I've ever experienced in my life in relationship to priests. If we don't get our act together, we'll compound an already awful situation of loss of trust and credibility...
...Zarghunah woke shortly after midnight on May 24, the roars of choppers and their machine guns frightened her. The six-year-old ran from the outdoor platform where her family was sleeping on the warm summer night. Zarghunah, still half-asleep, stumbled across the uneven ground of the family compound, forgetting about the open well. Her father found her later, nearly 12 meters down the shaft, her body broken, wet and lifeless. Zarghunah loved red dresses and a grown farm dog she called Puppy. "She was the laughter of our house," says her mother...
...security structures, meanwhile, are the subject of intensive reform and resuscitation efforts led by the U.S., while Israeli troops continue to maintain effective security control over the formerly off-limits PA-run towns of the West Bank. So, while the Israelis may not have been seen around Arafat's compound for almost a month before Thursday, they've been in and out of Nablus, Jenin, Hebron and other Palestinian towns throughout that time...