Word: disarmed
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...speed of the U.S. advance from the south, coupled with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's determination that the U.S. invading force should be as small as possible, had a further consequence. When the war was over, there were not enough U.S. troops to detain and disarm Iraqi fighters or maintain security in the cities. Governmental authority in Iraq collapsed, leaving the U.S. forces, already stretched thin, to do everything from guarding banks to hunting down guerrillas. "The Americans thought they would come and just slot in at the top," says Entifadh Qanbar, a spokesman in Baghdad for Chalabi's Iraqi...
...alternatives to Arafat. The Administration tacitly admitted as much last month, when Secretary of State Colin Powell implored Arafat to help Abbas disarm Hamas. Now Arafat's position may be even stronger. Although U.S. officials say they haven't given up hope that Abbas will return, Palestinian sources say there's little chance Abbas--who tearfully accused Arafat of inciting threats against him--would return under Arafat. Among the possible successors to Abbas are Ahmed Qureia, speaker of the Palestinian parliament; Nabil Shaath, who served as Abbas' Foreign Minister; and Munib al-Masri, a Palestinian businessman...
...Friday, North Korea's official news agency dismissed the negotiations as "a stage show to force us to disarm." Worse still, the next day, contradicting an earlier statement by the Chinese, North Korea announced that it saw no point in returning to the table...
...road map and the cease-fire. "We didn't agree to all this just to reopen the Gaza road," said a Hamas supporter a few weeks ago. Israelis, just as impatiently, expected the security forces of the Palestinian Authority, under Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, to arrest, disarm and dismantle Hamas and other militant bands. Neither side delivered, and each accused the other of purposefully stalemating progress...
...mass destruction. "More of its boats will be stopped," says a Western official involved in interdiction policy. "This is the future for North Korea." Even China, North Korea's only real benefactor and the host for this week's talks, is losing patience and has admonished North Korea to disarm...