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...with Arafat on the Holy City, and it set off a firestorm of Palestinian protest. After initial clashes atop the Temple Mount, every Israeli outpost in Arafat's territory became a lightning rod of rage for Palestinians, with stone-throwing youths occasionally backed by lone gunmen and even Palestinian policemen, while the Israeli response piled up victims whose funerals sparked new confrontations. When a cease-fire collapsed within hours of being concluded on Monday, it was a sign that the violence may have spiraled beyond the control of the responsible leadership on both sides...
...left more than 700 people wounded are all about the fate of Jerusalem. Qualitatively, the clashes have been even more violent than the 1996 showdown over a tunnel opened by Israel on the Temple Mount - Israeli troops have fired on Palestinians with antitank rockets and helicopter gunships as Palestinian policemen and masked gunmen have fired back, cheered on by tens of thousands of unarmed demonstrators, while Arab youths inside Israel proper have taken to the streets in support of their Palestinian brethren and clashed violently with police...
...such callousness pales before the epic ineptitude of the German authorities, who by the account in "One Day in September" could arguably be held at least partly responsible for the athletes' deaths. With no SWAT team to call on, they assemble an unfortunate-looking squad of volunteer policemen disguised as athletes, except that the World War II-era steel helmets and submachine guns undo any camouflage effect created by their gaudy Adidas track suits, and put them into position to storm the Israelis' besieged compound. They call off the raid at the last moment, and only then realize that...
...Their final plan is to concede to the Palestinians' demand for a flight out to an unnamed Arab country and then to ambush them at the airport. Except that the "snipers" had neither the training nor the equipment for the job, and the four policemen deployed aboard the airliner "vote among themselves" to abandon the operation for lack of confidence in their own abilities, only seconds before their targets arrive. The snipers aren't in radio contact, haven't been preassigned targets, and are told that there are four rather than eight terrorists. And someone forgot to order...
...least 120 people. Veerappan is more than a match for local police. For the past decade, a force of 600 commandos has been combing the forest in India's longest-running manhunt. It has yielded nothing. Why not? It is often said that the bandit bribes politicians and policemen to tip him off about commando operations. But he also has a network of informers, who dread and respect him. Like a modern-day Robin Hood, he helps the poor with money but demands absolute loyalty in return. His most popular deed was the alleged killing of an associate for raping...