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What's more, Bush may have further diluted his credibility with the Palestinians, who already distrust his Administration's tilt toward Israel. On a subject in which every presidential word is exhaustively scrutinized, Bush appeared to signal a step further toward Israel's position when he said Palestinians must adopt democratic reforms and stop the violence before Israel had to quit expanding its settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Before, Bush said settlement activity should halt as a first step toward progress...
...Iraqi rebel groups in the south make grand predictions of a spontaneous Shi'ite-and Iraqi-army uprising against Saddam, many of them are refusing to join forces with the Americans. Sheik Jamal al-Wakil of the Islamic Accord Movement, an opposition Shi'ite group, says there is widespread distrust of the U.S. because coalition forces did nothing to stop Saddam's brutal suppression of the Shi'ites' 1991 and 1995 uprisings, even though it was George Bush Sr. who encouraged them. "There is no need for any communication with the Americans," says the Syria-based al-Wakil. Given such...
...would be one thing to say that this was an isolated incident but sadly enough it is not. Throughout the years, minority groups on campus have felt a deep-seated distrust towards The Crimson, constantly worrying that they will be somehow subtlety ridiculed or misrepresented. To be honest, I think any group that has ever felt uneasy by The Crimson, should ask for some sort of reparation. One step is having The Crimson publicly admit, that at least in this instance, they were at fault for allowing such an ignorant statement to be published. The next step is assuring that...
Widnall, who was recently appointed to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, testified before Congress this fall on her distrust of intermediate research classifications...
...himself in the sights of a Predator drone or a war-crimes tribunal. Even with a gun pointed at his head, says a French official, "it's difficult to imagine Saddam throwing up his arms, saying 'All right, I'll go,' and agreeing to live a life of fear, distrust and, who knows, maybe betrayal, prison and humiliation in exile...