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Speaking on Army Radio Sunday morning, an exhilarated Yitzhak Tshuva, owner of the Delek Group Ltd, one of the owners of the well, called the discovery "one of the biggest in the world," promising that the find would present a historic land mark in the economic independence of Israel.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — This is a Washington success story. A year ago at this time, Joel C. Rosenberg was a conservative Republican political operative with a deep evangelical faith, three small children, no connections in the Bush White House or the Congressional leadership and no particular prospects for a steady job. Just before Thanksgiving last year, his first novel, "The Last Jihad," was published. It begins with a suicide pilot crashing his private plane into the president's motorcade and ends with the president saying a silent prayer as the nuclear bombs he ordered are dropped on Iraq. By December,...

After I read "Last Jihad" by Joel Rosenberg, I researched information about him and as a result, signed up to receive emails from him. Thinking it would simply be notices about his forthcoming new novel, I have been amazed to read updates about his visit in Israel with an insiders look at the day-to-day conditions. Received the latest this morning - thought you all would be interested in first hand information about the situation there. (October 10, 2003) -- As I write this not far from the Israeli border with Syria, there's news of another Palestinian suicide bombing in Israel....