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...governed, how much land Israel would retain on the West Bank, how Palestinian refugees should be handled. Since then, Israel has seen suicide bombers flock to its cities from the West Bank and watched rockets sail into its towns from Gaza and Lebanon, areas from which it had withdrawn all its soldiers--in the case of Lebanon, a full six years ago. Within that context, it isn't the details of a two-state solution that matter now; it is something much more elemental. Israel needs to know that in any deal with the Palestinians, its people will be safe...
...subject to verbal and religious abuse during force-feeding, asserting that the tubes"were viewed by the detainees as objects of torture." The records also show that instead of leaving the tube in place to avoid the possible trauma of repeated insertions, al-Shehri had his introduced and withdrawn at each of his two daily feedings...
...issue facing U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks is whether DeLay contrived to be declared ineligible, opening the door to a replacement candidate, or whether he simply withdrew from the race. Texas law does not allow a withdrawn candidate to be replaced. Another key question before the court is whether the Texas Republican Party can declare a federal candidate ineligible. Sparks is not expected to rule until early July and his decision is sure to appealed...
...larger global conflicts (the war on terror and communism), but were prolonged and extended by political leaders who couldn't admit their policies had failed. "They are the two most failed policy choices in American history," Kerry said. He called for setting a date for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, and took a thinly veiled swipe at Clinton. "It's not enough to argue with the logistics or to argue about the details. It is essential to acknowledge the war was a mistake," Kerry said. "It was wrong and I was wrong to vote for the Iraq war resolution...
...arguing that al-Zarqawi's demise would have limited impact on the sectarian killings tearing Iraq apart. In the Senate, Democrats John Kerry of Massachusetts and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin are planning to offer amendments to a defense-spending bill that will call for U.S. combat forces to be withdrawn. "Our troops have done their job in Iraq, and they've done it valiantly," said Kerry, Bush's opponent in the 2004 presidential election. "It's time to work with the new Iraqi government to bring our combat troops home by the end of this year." Kerry told TIME...