He sez what Sharon is up to now is smashing the Palestinian Authority's security apparatus, one that was financed by the CIA as part of Oslo. The function of this apparatus was to supply intelligence on radical Islamists and to attack Hamas and Hizbollah within the territories.
I had been wondering if there was some more focused motive to Sharon's campaign than simple random destruction and carnage directed at the PA to eliminate it as a potential negotiating body.
On a unrelated note, there was a remarkable piece in the Sunday Outlook section about the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. Remarkable because the evidence provided in the article is such a blatant refutation of the propaganda spin the author tries to put forward.
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