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...soldiers wounded in the siege of Bint Jbeil, a town used by Hizballah Islamic militants to spray the northern corners of Israel with rocket fire. The town also has symbolic value to Hizballah; it was here in 2000 that Hizballah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah proclaimed victory after Israeli troops withdrew from Lebanon. The sheikh' s jeering remarks had riled the Israeli generals, so they didn't need any extra motivation this week when Bint Jbeil, its tunnels and caves stocked with rockets and over 100 Hizballah fighters, turned into a major target of the theirs...
...Jordan River and the Mediterranean. That was the basis of the talks between Israel and the Palestinians in the last year of the Clinton Administration; it was acknowledged by the meeting of Arab states in Beirut in 2002, when they committed themselves to "normal relations" with Israel if it withdrew to its pre-1967 borders; it was the basis of the road map adopted by the U.S. and other powers in 2003; and it was accepted, finally, by Israel's old warrior Ariel Sharon, although he ultimately lost faith in negotiations and adopted a policy of unilateral "disengagement" from...
...Israel withdrew its armed forces from southern Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year military presence there. Since that time, Hezbollah has continued to launch rockets at towns in northern Israel...
...cannot stand idly by while the rule of law, the moral order and the integrity of our institutions ... are destroyed by this bogus President." DANILO LIM, Philippine Brigadier-General, in a Feb. 24 videotaped address in which he withdrew his support for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Lim and several others may face court-martial after the tape implicated them in an alleged plot against the President...
...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 Texas law does not allow a withdrawn candidate to be replaced.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...