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...issue stokes the fires of the Arab street as fiercely as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians does - that's why it takes center-stage, for example, the propaganda of Osama bin Laden. As the situation deteriorates, Abdullah is worried that failure to resolve that conflict soon may imperil the ability of moderate Arab regimes to work with the U.S. in the region, and eventually even their own survival in the face of extremist challenges...
...says it has no intention of engaging in nation-building in Afghanistan, and yet it can't allow the collapse of the new regime it has installed in Kabul. Nothing would boost the fortunes of the Taliban and al-Qaeda - and imperil the security of U.S. forces in Afghanistan - more than a slide back into civil war. And the obvious fragility of the Karzai government in the face of an increasingly perilous security situation may force the U.S. military, despite its desire to steer clear of Afghanistan's warlord rivalries, to become increasingly involved in actions that involve neither...
...government may be ready to meet them head on, believing that international public opinion will be solidly behind Israel in confronting Palestinian groups pressing their case by force of arms. But the collapse of the latest cease-fire effort threatens not only to sideline Arafat, but also to imperil U.S. Middle East policy, which remains premised on the need to stabilize the region through peace efforts...
...millions of his sick countrymen. Johnson was abandoned by his mother and first met his father at her funeral, but before his own death on June 1, he showed more courage than any elected official, laying down a challenge - "care for us and accept us" - that, if ignored, will imperil Africa's future...
...gendarmes from arresting a number of Hamas activists in recent days, and as the Palestinian leader reportedly rushes to meet Israel's deadline, he risks a damaging showdown with his own people. Arafat's political survival abroad now requires that he take down Hamas, but such a course could imperil his political survival at home...