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...buddy" of the deceased, fired warning shots at a civilian Iraqi vehicle that was approaching them. "The Americans didn't know who fired the shots or why and so opened fire at the Bulgarian patrol," the letter said. In Bulgaria, the incident sparked new calls for the country to withdraw its 470 troops. Criticism intensified after the government failed to reveal that the U.S. was behind the shooting until the anonymous letter circulated on the Internet. The U.S. military said it was still investigating; Bulgaria's parliament is scheduled to vote on its mission within the next month. Meanwhile, Poland...
...Cambridge resident reported that at 1 p.m. on Jan. 13, she was approached by an unknown male and female who stated they had approximately $5,000 in large bills that they found. They asked the resident to withdraw $5,000 in small bills and they would divide the money. The male suspect went to Citizens Bank in Central Square with the resident. He took a check from the resident, made it out for $5,000, and asked her to sign it, which she did. The suspect told the resident to wait while they parked the car. The suspects then fled...
...past several weeks of extraordinary activity culminated in Monday’s announcement that Syria would withdraw its troops in a two-stage process starting immediately. Syrian troops appear so far to be honoring the agreement and are now in the process of pulling back to the Bekaa valley in Eastern Lebanon where they will await another accord that will delineate their final withdrawal. Hopefully negotiations will begin soon after the March 31 deadline that Syria has laid out for relocation of its troops to the valley, and will be successful in ridding Lebanon of its occupiers...
...Hizballah on Tuesday made clear that it will have a major say in ordering a post-Syrian Lebanon, even though right now Syria's departure is far from a done deal. Under overwhelming international pressure, Syria on Monday announced that it would withdraw its troops into the eastern Bekaa Valley, near the Syrian border, pending a full withdrawal at an unspecified later date. That's hardly sufficient to satisfy the demands of the Lebanese opposition groups, backed by the United States, for a complete withdrawal not only of Syria's 14,000 uniformed troops, but more importantly to remove...
Shalom fielded a number of questions from the favorable audience about Israel’s recent decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, where a number of Israeli settlers live...