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Yasmine El-Rashidi, "Scent of despair," Al-Ahram: According to "one gentleman playing backgammon at a coffee shop in Old Cairo," "The difference between the Arabs and the rest of the world is that we don't go around randomly killing innocent people." (April 22, 2004) Ali Kazak, "Palestinian children and Jewish state," Khaleej Times: "In its propaganda war Israel has spread many lies particularly using Palestinian children, and it is amazing how gullible some Western media are when it comes to Israel over and over again. … their latest invention is that Palestinians are using their children to carry explosives and commit...

Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) is the spoiler when it comes to the promotions of 850 servicemen and women, some of whom have just served their country valiantly in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Why, you ask? It would seem that years ago there was an agreement between Sen. Craig and the Air Force to station eight C-130 aircraft at a National Guard base in Idaho and only four have been delivered. The question here is this; how can anyone deny our service men and women promotions so deserved because of politics? Washington DC has become the Mecca (sorry for the inference) for...