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Defusing groups like the Salah ed-Din Brigades won't be easy. Unlike Hamas, they have no political program that Abbas can negotiate over. Abu Samhadana says his "main priority" is to gain sinecures for his men in the Palestinian Authority's security forces. So far, he has been offered jobs for 500. That's not enough, he says, and complains that the remaining 1,500 "will be like the rest of the Palestinian people--unemployed." The town of Rafah is particularly desperate: it has a 66% unemployment rate, compared with 25% among Palestinians in general...
...still regard attacks against U.S. and Iraqi troops as legitimate resistance. At the Abu Hanifa mosque, the most prominent Sunni mosque in Baghdad, a banner hangs from the clock tower calling on worshippers to pray in the name of Muhammad, imam of the mujahedin. Over the door to the main prayer hall, another banner paraphrases the Koran, exhorting God to deliver the faithful from the infidels--a not-so-subtle call to drive U.S. troops out of Iraq. Says Vice President Ghazi al-Yawer, the highest-ranked Sunni in the government: "An angry community that feels helpless and powerless...
...Sunday school. Gave money to Al Gore's 1988 presidential campaign. Launched a women's-studies lecture series at her alma mater. In the absence of a paper trail, with almost no law-journal articles and relatively few case filings to scour, the fight came down to two main issues: competence and character. "Just shut up for a few minutes," advised Senator Lindsey Graham to the critics after he met with Miers on Capitol Hill. "Give the lady a chance, to find...
...discussion groups with students last week, Corker mentioned the possibility of having a separate club room that could be rented out for private parties, which would complement the main lounge area...
Peterson’s lecture warned of massive deficits and the enormously harmful effects they will have on the American economy. He identified three main categories: the current account deficit, the budget deficit, and the savings deficit...