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Arafat’s official authority was encouraged by the U.S. and Israel at the beginning of the peace process, because they believed he was someone who could potentially gather all the Palestinian people behind him and be involved in negotiations on the entire population’s behalf. Unfortunately, Arafat has proven to be unwilling or unable to unite the Palestinian people in the peace process, as radical groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad have gained more and more popularity among the Palestinian people...
...signals of the past week have been decidedly mixed when it comes to determining Afghanistan's future. Although U.S. ground troops saw their first publicized combat engagements over the weekend, their objectives are limited - to gather intelligence that may help eventually capture or kill Osama Bin Laden, and to accelerate the collapse of the Taliban regime by signaling to its fighters that the fundamentalist militia is unable to protect its territory from U.S. attack. By the array of forces it has assembled around Afghanistan, it is plain that the U.S. is not planning to launch a full-blown invasion, instead...
...been calling back to Washington. From Vice President Dick Cheney and others he learned that two servicemen had died in a helicopter crash in Pakistan and that the first major ground incursion into the heart of Taliban held territory was under way. He didn't gather his team staying with him but instead, at 5:30 went for a workout. Though a treadmill had been moved into his suite at the top of the Ritz Carlton, he chose instead to make his way down to the one in the healthclub. Little gets in the way of the fitness obsessed president...
...special ops execute the mission, assess the damage, gather whatever intelligence they can find at the site and then, with luck, are whisked back to safety...
Instructions: Gather around the latest issue of FM. Pass around the magazine, with each person taking a page, starting with the front page. Carry out all the following rules that apply to your page...