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Friday 22 October 2004 (09 Ramadan 1425)

140 Funerals and the Rest Is History

AMMAN, 22 October 2004 — A 17-day Israeli onslaught in northern Gaza left in its wake nearly 140 dead, one-third of them children. In many ways, it was reminiscent of the invasion of Jenin in April... Full Story


Editorial: Plans for Iraq

Those who thought the interim government of Premier Iyad Allawi was baying for the moon when it invited Shiite militiamen in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood to hand in their weapons in return for... Full Story


The Specter of Another Bloodbath Over Fallujah

LONDON, 22 October 2004 — As the British government prepares to send its soldiers north to free up the US Army to attack Fallujah, it is necessary to focus on what this coming onslaught will mean for... Full Story




Even for a President Kerry, Help Isn’t on the Way in Iraq

WASHINGTON, 22 October 2004 — Despite Sen. John F. Kerry’s assertion that his election would bring more international support for the war in Iraq, he is likely to face the same resistance from US allies... Full Story


Graham Greene’s Helpful Ambiguity

We’re stumbling toward another election that looks, to the disenchanted, like a choice between one shade of gray and another. A liberation theologian is violently deposed in Haiti. Guerrillas, in Russia... Full Story