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...focus of much of Wednesday's summit was the need to launch a Palestinian "war on terror," and if Hamas won't come quietly the U.S. and Israel will expect Abbas to act forcefully to, in the words of White House spokesman Scott McLellan, "dismantle the infrastructure of terror." It's far from clear that Abbas has sufficient means even if he had the political will to go to war with Hamas. His security services remain weak and dispersed, and may be weaker on the ground than the militant groups in different parts of the West Bank and particularly Gaza...
...desperately needs an easing of those conditions in order to demonstrate that his way can bring positive change to Palestinian lives. But Israel's actions are guided by its security concerns, and there may not be much more than symbolic gestures towards the Palestinians until the PA security forces launch a crackdown. Abbas may have previously argued that he is unable to act against Hamas and other militant groups until the Israelis have loosened their grip. But now Washington is setting the agenda, sending a team of 12 monitors to the region this weekend to oversee implementation of the "roadmap...
...poorly attended Faculty meeting, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 pushed through a new measure requiring “independent corroborating evidence” before the Ad Board would launch a full investigation of any peer dispute...
...come back up to the plate with Boston’s best hitter, $20 million-a-year Manny Ramirez. Topjian declares that the time is ripe for Ramirez, who was intentionally walked in the first and stroked two singles through the middle innings, to launch one out of the yard. After taking a few pitches, Ramirez clubs a no-doubt-about-it shot over the Green Monster in left, pausing to admire his handiwork before he starts to run the bases...
...With GAM now almost irrelevant to Aceh's future and without anyone-Jakarta, the media, activists, aid workers, foreign governments-to bear witness, the military has been free to launch what many Acehnese feel is the endgame for their people. Part of this includes the replacement of the province's 114 subdistrict chiefs with retired soldiers, which would give the military a stranglehold over the province and allow the uninterrupted plunder of natural resources such as timber. It is a future the generals would wish upon other parts of resource-rich Indonesia-for example, restive Papua province-and one that...