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...will be necessary-by running for President?" The place erupted, and Usborne dipped down onto one knee and bowed her head. Her dark hair fell across her eyes and her voice rose. "Please! I'll vote for you!" she cried above the crowd's roar, which sounded like a rocket launcher and lasted almost 30 seconds, all but drowning out Gore's simple, muted, five-word response: "I'm not planning...
...casualties have been minimal so far, with three people injured in the latest attacks. But the threat of rockets from Gaza is unlikely to abate anytime soon, and locals complain that the government has abandoned them. "People in Tel Aviv can sleep at night but we don?t have this option," said Limor Aflalo, a 35-year-old beautician whose home was damaged by a rocket that struck next door. Aflalo and her husband would like to take their two daughters and leave the town, but they said it would be impossible to sell their home. "I don?t know...
...sides erupted in violence earlier this year, Saudi Arabia brokered a power-sharing agreement that created a unity government. But as of last weekend, the unity government appears to be on the verge of collapse amid fierce new fighting between gunmen of the two parties, and Hamas? rocket crews may be trying to restore intra-Palestinian cooperation by provoking the Israelis into launching new military actions in Gaza. That leaves the Israelis facing a dilemma: Small-scale measures won?t do much to stop the rockets, while a larger military response could play into Hamas? hands...
...Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday promised a "severe and harsh" reaction to the recent rocket attacks. But despite the tough talk, it's likely that Israel's response will be restricted to air strikes targeting militant leaders, cells and rocket launch sites - and such tactics have done little to halt attacks in the past. But a large-scale incursion into Gaza to stop the missile attacks would involve too much manpower and too much risk: at least two divisions of soldiers and plenty of opportunities for Hamas to take Israeli casualties in an urban setting that favors guerilla tactics...
...there much that Sderot can do to protect itself. Advanced anti-rocket laser systems are both prohibitively expensive and hardly foolproof against Qassams, which cost next to nothing to build. So, the town makes do with a basic early warning system involving a surveillance balloon moored on its outskirts providing a view over Gaza, and alarms that sound when there is a rocket launch. This gives residents about 15 seconds to take the nearest available cover. The city opened its bomb shelters on Tuesday for the first time since the 1967 war, 40 years ago. And the city school system...