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...takings and beheadings in Iraq [Oct. 25], I find it disturbing when the media depict these killers as "insurgents" or "resistance fighters." A fuss is made over every foreign-civilian casualty in the green zone, the headquarters of the U.S. administration in Baghdad, while the Iraqi-civilian casualties of terrorist acts get scant coverage. And how is the U.S. policy of winning the hearts and minds of Iraqis going to work in a terrorist haven like Fallujah, where many of the citizens are collaborating with the extremists? Any peaceful means of conflict settlement by Americans is viewed by these brutes...
...Amjad Farooqi, a suspected al-Qaeda operative killed in September who was wanted in connection with the 2002 killing of journalist Daniel Pearl as well as two assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf. Deputy inspector general of police Javed Ali Shah Bokhari said Ghafoor "had a role in all terrorist activities orchestrated by [Farooqi...
...with the plan, so the best thing the U.S. can do is stay out of his way and support him if he asks for help. In Sharon's office, no one thinks a new set of Palestinian leaders will do what Arafat couldn't: dismantle the terrorist organizations. They might wear suits instead of fatigues and tone down the "revolution to victory" rhetoric, but Israelis still don't trust them. Privately, Israeli officials expect that the moderates' tenure will prove transitory. In any case, Sharon remains fundamentally less interested in negotiating a final settlement with a Palestinian partner than...
...emerged: Frenchman Jacques Barrot, the new Commissioner for Transport, was found guilty in 2000 of "abuse of confidence" in connection with a party funding scandal. Barrot was pardoned by French President Jacques Chirac and his conviction was expunged. Another Roundup SPAIN Police arrested 19 suspected members of the Basque terrorist group ETA in raids in the north of the country. ETA sent a message to a Basque radio station threatening further violence against the armed forces, police and civilians working for them...
...takings and beheadings in Iraq [Oct. 25], I find it disturbing when the media depict these killers as "insurgents" or "resistance fighters." A fuss is made over every foreign civilian casualty in the green zone, the headquarters of the U.S. administration in Baghdad, while the Iraqi civilian casualties of terrorist acts get scant coverage. And how is the U.S. policy of winning the hearts and minds of Iraqis going to work in a terrorist haven like Fallujah, where many of the citizens are collaborating with the extremists? Any peaceful means of conflict settlement by Americans is viewed by those brutes...