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After Sharon called Palestinian Authority President Yassir Arafat “irrelevant,” the U.S. had pushed for the appointment of a Palestinian prime minister who would crack down on terror and restart negotiations. The choice of reformer Mahmoud Abbas (known as Abu Mazen) offers great hope that Arafat will be sidelined, opening avenues for new leaders to negotiate with Israel. If Abu Mazen is able to gain approval for his cabinet, the Bush Administration has said it will publish the “road map” which describes the series of steps for Israelis and Palestinians...
Others tell of a city where bands of young Fedayeen Saddam militia patrol in white trucks, shooting anyone who defies them. Residents talk of their fears of anarchy and looting and of the terror at the sounds of mortars, rockets and gunfire that crack day and night across this city of 1.3 million. Underneath it all is the unfathomable, almost irrational fear that Saddam Hussein could still survive this war and return to wreak terrible vengeance on anyone who turns against his regime, as he did after U.S. forces left...
Hatch intends to attach this proposal to a larger, more popular anti-terror bill that aides the government in catching ‘lone-wolf’ terrorists. Attaching a controversial rider to an otherwise constructive bill is shameful. In using this method, Hatch is not allowing for a full and fair debate of the PATRIOT...
During this tenuous time, when terror threats jeopardize our way of life, America needs a new plan for terrorism. But instead of permanently adopting legislation full of affronts on individual liberties, Congress must prevent Hatch’s rider from getting passed. A new anti-terrorism plan may draw on some of the PATRIOT Act’s more successful legislation, but blindly accepting the existing act will inadequately fight terrorism and extensively curb our freedoms...
...last Gulf War’s skin-of-our-teeth results here, many Israelis clearly had good reason to feel insecure about Saddam’s missiles. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, the advent of war raised the possibility that there would be an increased number of terror attacks. Without having experienced the effects of biological and chemical weaponry, most Israelis fear increased terror attacks more than any missile from Iraq...