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...responded to Tuesday's attack by demanding that Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat do more to rein in the militants. "He needs to dismantle the organizations that do these things," said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher. Referring to recent statements by militant groups suspending their undertakings not to launch attacks inside Israel in response to Arafat's December 16 cease-fire call, Boucher added: "It's not a matter of whether they decide they will or they won't carry out attacks, it's making sure that they...
...equation by asking what will be achieved by yielding now, in the absence of any Palestinian gains. And Yasser Arafat, pinned down in his office in Ramallah by Israeli tanks, appears to be simply bobbing on the waves of chaos swelling all around him now, his ability to rein in the militants increasingly in question even if that were his unambiguous intention...
...Western governments concerned to avoid a new escalation of hostilities will likely pressure on Arafat to do more to rein in the militants. But the apparent collapse of his most strenuous effort to date suggests that even if he can muster the political will to press the case, the Palestinian leader will find it increasingly difficult to impose it on the streets. Hamas derisively asks what Arafat has achieved for the Palestinians in exchange for the cease-fire, and even grassroots leaders of his own organization ostentatiously, and publicly, defy his exhortations. Indeed, it is worth noting that the Hadera...
...Afghanistan may have been easy for Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf compared with the war he's declared at home. The arrest of more than 1,500 Islamist militants since Saturday and the outlawing of five of their key organizations underlines the seriousness of Musharraf's pledge to rein in what he called an extremist "state-within-a-state." But to really do this requires riding a tiger twenty years in the making...
...prevail, New Delhi's long-term interests in attracting growth and investment and realizing its potential in the global marketplace are imperiled by the specter of continued conflict with a hostile and nuclear-armed neighbor. Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes may have repeatedly warned that if Musharraf fails to rein in the Islamists, India will have to do the job itself - but military confrontation remains an unappealing option. Despite India's posture of readiness to strike even after Musharraf's speech, New Delhi is likely to give the general time to fight the Islamists...