Word: ridding
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...Alpert’s month-old recommendations to get rid of the “compost-like situation” underneath the tray return were followed yesterday...
...Potemkin parties were intended to deliver a message to any Iraqi citizen feeling restive, to any foreign government contemplating his overthrow. The all-powerful puppet master can make his whole nation sing his praises as a blunt reminder: I am still here. It won't be easy to get rid...
...appears ready to do whatever it takes to get rid of the Iraqi dictator once and for all. But while there is plenty of will, there still is no clearly effective way to move against Saddam. Senior Administration officials at the highest levels of planning say there are few good options. Saddam's internal security makes a successful coup unlikely. The Iraqi opposition is weak and scattered. And this is a war that the rest of the world, with the possible exception of Britain, is not eager for America to wage. While key allies in the Middle East, such...
...Syria, which has traditionally backed Palestinian "rejectionists," into a new peace initiative, and leaders of the radical Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations have reportedly been summoned to Saudi Arabia to be urged to end suicide bombings. The Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza want Arafat to get rid of the men around him, end corruption and create an administration more responsive to their needs. But that population is also deeply angry at the PA for failing to protect them from the Israeli offensive. A planned visit by Arafat to the devastated Jenin refugee camp was called off Monday...
...negotiations couldn't start any time soon. That position may change if the expected Israeli military offensive in Gaza rekindles the fires of crisis that prompted the U.S. to intervene three weeks ago. A primary objective of "reforming" the PA from Sharon's point of view is simply getting rid of Arafat, allowing Israel to deal with a new leader Sharon hopes will be more pliant. But the moderate Arab states and even Palestinian critics of Arafat won't accept his ouster, although they are likely to support moves that effectively limit some of the Palestinian leader's current power...