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...their ideological brothers and sisters in the U.S. Bill Sherriff Niddrie, Australia When a government official leaks classified information, it is a crime, and the person should be tried and, if found guilty, punished. Journalists should be held accountable if they aid and abet in a crime. The natural conflict between the government and the press should be resolved by the Legislative and Judicial branches. It would benefit our society to have these cases taken to court. Nobody has the right to reveal information that could threaten our national security. Peter Smith Castle Rock, Colorado, U.S. Germany's True Face...
Yesterday’s decision marks a change for the fellowship’s organizers, who last week said the trip would still continue despite Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah guerrillas...
...idea is to weaken Hizballah as much as possible before a cease-fire takes hold and, more urgently, to stop Hizballah's rocketing of Israeli towns, which by the end of last week had taken 15 lives, on top of the 19 soldiers who have died in the conflict. Olmert knows that the longer Israel's north is crippled by rocket fire, the more the public is likely to question whether his onslaught was well calculated...
...needs to sustain the fight until he can end it in a way that clearly rewards his gamble. "Israel must emerge from this war as a winner, or else the war will continue," says Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres. That's an equation that could make for a conflict even longer and nastier than the one that has already surpassed either party's bellicose ambitions...
...including a small number of planes), Ethiopia is likely to win any battle between the two forces. But war could leave Somalia even more broken than it already is. John Prendergast, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group and an Africa specialist in the Clinton administration, says a conflict would likely end the transitional government?s chances of taking over in Mogadishu, severely damage the Islamists capacity to lead, flatten the city of Baidoa and leave Ethiopia with heavy casualties. ?The [Islamic] militias are highly motivated and disciplined and would rally around the slogan of protecting Somalia from foreign...