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Nearly four years have elapsed since the Oslo process (1993-2000) between Israelis and Palestinians foundered in bloodshed. Over that period, two U.S. administrations have tried to forge policies that would reduce the violence and point toward a solution to the conflict.It has not been a single-minded pursuit. Since September 11, 2001, the prime focus of Washington has been the management of unprecedented U.S. military interventions in the region, which removed regimes from power in Afghanistan and Iraq. The notion of Israeli-Palestinian peace as the key to regional stability has been replaced by the war on terror and the insistence on...

Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammed's Own Words Islam rises and falls on Muhammad. He is the religion's sole prophet, Islam’s solitary example, Allah’s lone conduit. Without Muhammad, Allah, the Qur’an, and Islam would be unknown. Yet the picture the Islamic scriptures paint of this man is not flattering; his words aren’t believable. According to the Qur’an and Hadith, Muhammad was a thief, rapist, and terrorist. It’s hardly the example you’d want your neighbor to emulate. Muhammad, Allah, Mecca, and the formation of Islam are completely unknown to secular history. All we know of them is derived from the Qur’an and...

Enough peace talk Posted: August 21, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com What will it take for Israelis and Americans to understand you can't negotiate with terrorists? How much innocent blood needs to be spilled before we acknowledge the "peace process" has failed? How many more little children and old people have to be blown up by evil suicidal maniacs before we say, "Enough is enough!" These are the questions going through my mind a day after the latest terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and Baghdad. Since the beginning of the Oslo Accords in 1993, Israel has fulfilled all of...

Bloodshed ends US honeymoon By Jack Fairweather in central Iraq (Filed: 11/06/2003) Hundreds of bullet casings litter the ground where an American soldier was killed and two wounded in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's home town, in one of an increasingly regular series of attacks against coalition forces. US troops from the 3rd Infantry division patrol Falluja A barrage of American fire failed to stop two Iraqi men armed with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s dashing from a car and firing into the US compound. Gaping holes in the front of the American headquarters mark where the RPG rounds struck just below the...

How to give your cat a pill 1. Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow. 2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process. 3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away. 4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle...

The Oslo War - Part II by Livio Rosenberg The United States and Israeli Oslo team are planning to setup a 'puppet' Palestinian government and reform everything from economics to education for the Palestinian Autonomy. Welcome to the Oslo-war Part II. Peres was quoted by the Itim news agency as saying that the Palestinians' harsh living condition must be alleviated in order to create motivation for the fight against terror. (Jerusalem Post Internet Edition July 19) Does Peres believe that the Palestinians should be given more money to see if they will stop hating and killing Jews and that they...

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<p>NABLUS, West Bank (AP) --  Brandishing the bandaged stump that remained of his right arm after an emergency amputation in a mosque-turned-field hospital in the ruined heart of Nablus' Old City, the teen-age Palestinian gunman was still defiant.</p> <p>"I will keep fighting until we are liberated," 19-year-old Abed Taqouk said Monday, coolly smoking a cigarette as the groans of dozens of wounded men rose around him.</p>