"The document imposes several limitation on Palestinian sovereignty that may impair the feeling of equality. Also, without seeing the detailed maps it is hard to say how much Beilin wants to swap. It seems that there is a certain disparity between their and our maps."

"Even a casual observer of American media coverage of the "big lie" against Iraq can certainly identify the uncanny similarities between Hitler's propaganda theory and the techniques employed by the American media and Mr.Bush."

"A great leader must also be ready to make tough decisions in consultation with impartial experts who have no hidden agenda, and can be trusted to put their love of the public good ahead of self- interest."

"It is not surprising then to find a gathering of neo-cons in Jerusalem to honour one of their leading figures, Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense also known as the Prince of Darkness. Joining him in Jerusalem on 14 October will be Daniel Pipes, head of an Anti- Arab and Anti-Muslim Web sites, Alan Keys, Cal Thomas, and Frank Geoffrey, along with Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu and other Likudniks."

A reader asks: "When are you going to admit you were wrong?" We've received a number of such inquiries (not all quite so polite) about our position on the war in Iraq, particularly from readers who were disappointed in our prewar stance.

Washington Post Editorial (Iraq in Review 10/12/2003)

"But any Arab or Moslem—or anyone else with a newspaper, radio or TV—could see the one-sided American policy favoring Israel and the conquest of a sovereign Islamic nation that posed no imminent threat to the invading country."

"While the Israel-India-Russia deal is called a three-country arrangement, the basic state-of-the-art Raytheon technology is US. Russia’s involvement is an Indian psy-war initiative directed to make Pakistan feel the geo-political heat of the 4-country association."

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