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...basic security flaw in Sharon's plan is unlikely to be eliminated, even if Israel picks a brief lull in fighting as an opportunity to withdraw. That's because Sharon's plan requires the Israeli military to maintain control of a strip between Gaza and Egypt it calls the "Philadelphi Road." That would mean that like the Hezbollah gunners that target Israeli outposts in the disputed Shebaa Farms on the border, Palestinian gunners will continue have an immediate and accessible Israeli target in their sights even when the last settlers are gone...
Zoltanski attributed this lull to the fact that it was exam period. She said that the store was particularly popular during the weekends and that she was certain that the store would be a success...
With those pieces in place, Sharon earned support for his plan from three-quarters of the general Israeli public, according to polls--even though the idea remained very controversial among the rank and file of the Likud. No doubt some Likudniks reacted to the current lull by thinking, Things are going so well--why give the Palestinians anything? Others believed that any concession would be a sign of weakness (68% of Palestinians attributed Sharon's Gaza plan to the "success" of their intifadeh, according to a recent poll...
...grim possibility is that insurgents are exploiting the relative lull to prepare for new offensives. An insurgent interviewed by TIME last week says the bulk of his forces have used the ruse of recent truce talks to pull out of Fallujah in preparation for coming operations that will target Baghdad. Teams have been left behind in Fallujah to harass U.S. troops and provide cover for other insurgents to leave the city and head for the capital...
...city, they were greeted with gunfire. Marines on the ground spotted the muzzle flashes and called in bombs directed at the shooters. "This big fight had to happen at some point," said Baccellieri, 23, from Portland, Ore., as he leaned against a wall of the house during a lull in the fighting. "Let's get it over with, so we can start rebuilding the place and get out of here...