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...control among Palestinian terror cells. Even during the ill-fated "hudna" cease-fire negotiated between the PA and representatives of Hamas, JI and the al-Aksa Brigades, it was clear that localized cells - such as the Hamas operatives in Hebron and some of the Al-Aksa structures in the northern West Bank, which Israeli intelligence believes had been penetrated by elements from Hezbollah - retained the capability and the intent to violently veto agreements reached by their political leadership. The attack in Gaza may be a sign that at least some elements in the terror cells have taken up the banner...
...hostility toward Chechens and other people of the Caucasus is endemic. Plus, Putin has been relentless in enforcing a media blackout. The war appears on TV only when there is an incident too large to ignore--like the Chechen suicide bombing in the neighboring republic of Northern Ossetia in August that killed 50 people and destroyed a military hospital--or when ministers boast that the rebels are on their last legs. Russian media owners know that critical coverage of Chechnya is the quickest way to get shut down, and foreign media are officially allowed there only on closely controlled government...
...Saheb, 15 km west of Damascus, may not be the last. "If they don't understand the message," he said, "Israel will ... defend itself whenever [it] is convinced that Syria is assisting the Palestinian terrorist organizations." Metula (pop. 2,000) and the other small towns along Israel's northern border have seen violent times before. During Israel's 18-year occupation of a strip of southern Lebanon, there were occasional rocket attacks. Now they are once again vulnerable as tension between Israel and Syria mounts. President Bashar Assad accused Israel of "trying to terrorize Syria and drag...
...knife used to kill Lindh "strengthened their case" against Mijailo Mijailovic. First detained two weeks after the Sept. 10 killing, Mijailovic denies involvement in the attack. Big Blow to ETA FRANCE AND SPAIN Police arrested 29 people suspected of links to the Basque terrorist group ETA in northern Spain and five in southwest France. Spanish Interior Minister Angel Acebes described the detentions as a serious blow that weakens ETA's ability to operate...
...that was fought in Iraq--with a swift march from the south to Baghdad--was not the war that Pentagon planners had anticipated. Right up to a few weeks before the start of hostilities, plans had called for the 4th Infantry Division to advance from Turkey through northern Iraq. Administration officials, especially Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, who led the negotiations with Ankara, had believed that Turkey would support the U.S. But the prospect of war in Iraq was deeply unpopular in Turkey, and on March 1, the Turkish parliament, dominated by the Islamist A.K. (Justice and Development) Party...