Posted on 12/20/2006 10:48:15 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum
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Evenin',,,catchin' up...
Palestinian sources say that a Hamas member was kidnapped and another man was critically wounded in exchanges of fire between gunmen in a residential neighborhood in Gaza city.
The gunbattle was apparently between Hamas loyalists and relatives of two Fatah members who were killed Tuesday. (Ali Waked)
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Evenin',,,99,,,I see nothing has changed...;0)
Used to read at least 1 book a day...now I spend all my time reading Israeli news...
Michenor, when possible, would find old folks in an area, and interview them extensively...the stories he wove were his stories, but they ring true because they were based on real events, events people remembered or could be inserted in a way that feels real.
LOL;0)
02:14 U.S. federal immigration appeal panel rejects appeal by alleged ex-Nazi guard (AP)
01:40 Gaza doctors: Increasing Palestinian reluctance to donate blood (BBC)
01:09 Russia: Iran UN sanctions measure needs work, no vote expected Friday (Reuters)
00:35 Hamas man kidnapped by armed militants, another wounded in Gaza (Haaretz)
00:33 Canadian PM: Hamas` and Hezbollah`s objective is ultimately genocide (Israel Radio)
Saudi Arabia's next ambassador to the United States will be Adel al-Jubeir, a young US-educated diplomat who was drafted by the now-king in 2001 to repair a Saudi image in America that had been shattered by the Sept. 11 attacks.
A Saudi source said Thursday that al-Jubeir, who was foreign affairs adviser to King Abdullah when he was crown prince, will be appointed at the end of January or early in February. The Washington Post reported that the State Department already has been informed of the impending appointment.
Saudi Arabia has had only two ambassadors in the past 23 years: Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who left 1 1/2 years ago after 22 years and now is the Saudi national security adviser; and Prince Turki al-Faisal, who quit this month after 15 months on the job.
Al-Jubeir, a commoner, was educated in Texas, at North Texas University, and in Washington at Georgetown University. A month after the 2001 attacks, in which 15 of the 19 Arab hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, Abdullah sent al-Jubeir to the United States on an open-ended mission to rebuild Saudi Arabia's image in the United States.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881949714&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(IsraelNN.com) Likud chairman and Knesset opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu roundly condemned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s decision on Thursday night to continue his policy of restraint despite ongoing Kassam rocket attacks fired by terrorists in Gaza.
“I call on the Prime Minister to put an end to this restraint,” he said, according to the Ynet news service.
“It’s absurd that we are tying our own hands on this matter. Untie the army’s hands,” he urged.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=117927
I LOVED Poland... bought it, packed it, bought another... read them both! LOL
I have but haven't read Texas and, uh, California, maybe? Dunno... but Poland is great for my genealogy bug when it hits.
Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News
Thursday, December 21, 2006, 2:17 PM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told The Associated Press on Thursday that Iraq is "worth the investment" in American lives and dollars.
Texas was great. And where I learned to make really good chilli.
IsraelNN.com) Elder statesman and Vice Premier Shimon Peres told members at a meeting of the Kadima faction Thursday night that he does not expect the rocket attacks from Gaza to end in the near future.
Peres described himself as a “happy, optimistic person,” during the meeting, and said, “I am not afraid. There will be more Kassams. We cannot stop them all at once.”
LOL
Sorry just got back....
My daughter picked up the itty bitty one..until the morning..so I will have some time to be here tonight!!
I guess you do remind me of Mr. Sleuth...he doesn't like to read, but he spends hours on the computer..."lookin stuff up"...LOL
Gunbattles erupt between Hamas, Fatah in Gaza City
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A brief but ferocious gunbattle between Hamas and Fatah militants broke out in Gaza City early Friday, underscoring the fragility of a two-day-old truce between the rival factions.
The street battle, which encompassed the house of Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar of Hamas and the Gaza residence of President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, died down after about 20 minutes as Muslim clerics and other mediators worked to restore the cease-fire. Abbas was not in Gaza at the time.
Despite the scale and intensity of the fighting, no one was wounded, health officials said.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881950188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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