[knighthawk]

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[LarryM]

This move by the Israelis divided the Bush administration and is responsible for the confused signals we have seen from the U.S. administration in recent weeks over the killing of militants. The State Department, led by Secretary of State Colin Powell, was quoted as saying that the killings were not helpful to the peace process. Other State Department officials leaked statements that tried to go further and actually condemn the killings.

False. It was Ari Fleischer, Bush's spokesman, who condemned the killings. It came straight from Bush.