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...called for jihad and a million martyrs—suicide bombers—to march on Jerusalem. Asking Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to control the numerous terrorist factions is equivalent to asking Osama bin Laden to control the al Qaeda terrorists. In Arafat’s Ramallah compound, Israeli forces have found anti-tank weapons, which were explicitly banned under the Oslo accords. In addition, the military has recovered documents that demonstrate the PA directly funds the suicide bombing campaign and was behind the recent Karine A weapons shipment...
...phase of his West Bank offensive, but its fallout will shake up the region for months to come - and imperil U.S. efforts to rekindle a peace process. Israel withdrew its tanks to the edge of more Palestinian towns Monday, although it maintained its sieges of Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Israeli forces didn't fully leave the area; instead, they withdrew to self-declared buffer zones, from which they have continued to strike at will. But it's not only those ongoing operations that preclude a cease-fire just now. The more...
...single determined 20-year-old. On Saturday Arafat finally met Powell's condition for a meeting by issuing a statement in Arabic "condemning strongly all the attacks which are targeting civilians on both sides." At the meeting Sunday, Powell saw Arafat for three hours at his bombed-out Ramallah compound. When Powell emerged--alone because Arafat, according to aides, feared Israeli snipers--the Secretary of State said, "We exchanged a variety of ideas and discussed steps on how we can move forward...
...severe psoriasis for 25 years. Last year he took part in a clinical trial for an experimental drug that completely cleared it up. He was ecstatic. But when the trial came to an end, so did his access to the drug. His psoriasis returned. With any luck, the compound he tested will win approval, but there is no guarantee. Meanwhile, Perlow is seeking relief in another clinical trial. --By David Bjerklie
Michael Ware's report "Encountering The Taliban" [WORLD, April 1] showed that he knew the location of a compound where Taliban fighters were staying but failed to notify the proper authorities. I am not happy with what TIME did. You gave a higher priority to getting an exclusive story than to seeing that the enemy was dealt with. Normally I am proud of TIME, but this was a disappointment. MATT DECKER Portage, Mich...