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Bush Backs Israel Military Action
President Bush stood by Israel Wednesday in its dramatic decision to seize Palestinian areas in response to the latest terrorist bombing in Jerusalem. The president, whose plans to announce a peace plan were set back by this week's violent rush of events in Israel, intends to propose the establishment of a Palestinian state with provisional boundaries, but only after dramatic Palestinian reforms that he believes could take as much as a year to implement. I'd call a year pretty optimistic. Try "forever," and you're closer. As Israeli troops moved into three West Bank towns early Wednesday, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said: "The president understands Israel's right to self-defense, particularly in the wake of an attack of this severity." The presidential spokesman was reacting to an Israeli government announcement, after the deadliest Palestinian suicide bombing in six years, that its troops would gradually reoccupy Palestinian areas until the attacks cease. Thay means they're there to stay. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-06-19 |
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