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...would simply invite further provocations. But the track record suggests that military means may be unable to accomplish that goal, and the militants know this. They are clearly betting they can withstand the Israeli offensive as the civilian casualty toll and the destruction of infrastructure inevitably bring calls for restraint from the West...
...Gawad Soltan of Cairo's Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. Russia, says Soltan, can pursue "a policy of blocking a consensus among major powers, which Middle East leaders can manipulate to avoid isolation" by Washington. But Moscow is calibrating its steps carefully - and Washington recognizes the restraint. The most neuralgic Middle East problem is Iran, where Bush's determination to keep Tehran from getting nuclear weapons has been repeatedly mediated by the desire of Russia, China and European powers to coax Iran toward compromise rather than see an escalation toward another military confrontation. Russia has proposed...
...this leads to another problem. According to al-Shehri's records and Gitmo doctors, a typical feeding lasts about two hours, with the inmate left in the restraint chair for roughly 45 minutes afterward. During the feeding period, the prisoner will receive as much as 1.5 liters of formula, which, in the case of hunger strikers, can be more than their stomachs can comfortably hold. This can produce what is euphemistically called "dumping syndrome," an uncomfortable, even painful bout of nausea, vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, and shortness of breath. And those are precisely the symptoms that al-Shehri and many other...
...What's happened so far has fallen short of the feared all-out offensive in Gaza. But Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proclaimed that "extreme action" is possible, despite calls from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to show restraint and give diplomacy more time.In an interview with the BBC, Saeb Erekat, a leading Palestinian political figure, denounced the steps taken thus far, in particular the strike on the power station, as a form of collective punishment that is "adding fuel to the fire." For his part, President Abbas said in a statement Wednesday that "the president considers the aggression...
...Restraint in the face of a threat demonstrates moral courage and maturity, not weakness. The Western world professes to believe in democratic freedoms. People without democratic freedoms cherish the possibility of having them. Rather than letting our professed beliefs direct our actions, however, we are attempting to impose democratic freedoms on people who lack them. Is it any wonder that the Western world is loathed? Ray Jones Kamloops, Canada...