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Gunmen fire on Haniyeh's house in Gaza; no one hurt
Today's Headlines

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Page 4: Opinion
Crises of leadership in Israel after failures in Lebanon war	1 00:00 gromgoru [2]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Fatah Islam orcs kill Red Cross workers escorting mediator	10 00:00 Zenster [8]
Good morning	6 00:00 Xavier Cugart [4]
UN Hariri Court Comes Into Force	0 [7]
Freed Academic Among Qaeda Suspects Detained in Saudi	0 [4]
Islamist remnants occupy the region, Somali governor says	0 [4]
European Court rejects appeal from Israel Embassy bombers	1 00:00 Cyber Sarge [3]
Explosion in Istanbul wounds at least 14 people	0 []
Gunmen fire on Haniyeh's house in Gaza; none hurt	1 00:00 Zenster [7]
Italian priest kidnapped in Philippines on his way to Mass	1 00:00 RD []
Syria ordered its Lebanon cells to kill 4 prominent Lebanese	1 00:00 Clinter Smith1625 [8]
Indonesia captures aide of top militant	0 [3]
Truck bomber kills nine Iraqi policemen	0 [2]
Palestinian fighting kills 5, injures 39	1 00:00 gromgoru [2]
Grisly Paleo infighting flares	10 00:00 Zenster []
3 Qaeda suspects arrested near Iran border	0 [4]
Gunfights in Lebanese siege camp after 17 killed	3 00:00 Ehud Olmert [4]
Hamid Karzai escapes assassination attempt	2 00:00 Zenster [2]
Tech update...	12 00:00 Zenster [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
Court overrules Bush 'enemy combatant' policy	10 00:00 Phineter Thraviger [3]
NYT discovers the Jihadi Code	6 00:00 occasional observer [2]
Arab League donates $1 million to AU in Somalia	3 00:00 Dr. Evil [2]
Chaudhry to face new complaint	0 [8]
US, Russia to handle NKor funds transfer	2 00:00 mojo []
N Korea warns Seoul against military buildup	2 00:00 Gary and the Samoyeds [2]
Journalists slam use of press vehicle by Gaza terrorists	6 00:00 Frank G [1]
Joint US-Israeli military exercises begin	6 00:00 Pappy [4]
Chemical Ali verdict on June 24	2 00:00 mojo [2]
Virtue Commission Chief Disputes NSHR Findings	3 00:00 Zenster [7]
Three Mogadishu Radio Stations Authorised to Resume Operations	3 00:00 Gary and the Samoyeds [6]
Hamas, Fatah meeting to resolve violence in Gaza	1 00:00 gromgoru []
'Military plan against Iran is ready'	5 00:00 Zenster [7]
PA pays benefits to Schalit captors' families	1 00:00 Shipman []
Lebanon to propose list of 12 judges to the Hariri tribunal	0 [6]
Dutch law student may not sit exams in niqab	4 00:00 ex-lib [6]
Socialists seek 'balance' as Sarkozy's party heads for big win	5 00:00 Ptah [3]
Iraqi speaker ordered on leave after brawl	0 [3]
Peres plays down peace prospects with Syria	1 00:00 gromgoru [4]
US Mideast bases within our missiles' range, Iran warns	0 [6]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Troops Struggle With Finding Therapists	8 00:00 occasional poster [2]
Russia will not change stance on Kosovo	7 00:00 occasional observer [5]
3 bullets, threat sent to head of Italian bishops	0 [2]
Murder cases against Mayor Sarwar to be re-investigated	0 [2]
Mayor Minu jumps bail	0 [3]
Tarique, uncle Shamim submit wealth reports	0 [2]
Falu remanded for first time	0 [1]
Bush at G8: 'Everybody speaks English, right?'	7 00:00 Juan in Texas [5]
Nicaraguan leader in Iran for talks	4 00:00 Super Hose [7]
B'desh starts project to stop poll cheats	0 [4]
Bush pushes independence for Kosovo on Albania visit	5 00:00 occasional observer [2]
Woolmer was not murdered. Really.	0 [2]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Belgian prime minister fails to win third term	1 00:00 jack is Back! [3]
Woman trampled to death by wild elephants	2 00:00 ex-lib [3]

Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Crises of leadership in Israel after failures in Lebanon war

Ya Libnan reprint from Washington Post

Something is rotten in the state of Israel. "The lone democracy in the Middle East," as we Israelis proudly call our country, is stumbling from crisis to crisis, and the one that underpins them all is a crisis of leadership.

It's a striking bind for the nation to find itself in 40 years after the Six-Day War of 1967 ushered in an era of high certainty and swagger. Israel's political class is on the verge of imploding -- leaving behind a scandal-ridden country whose top general rushes to dump his stock portfolio on the eve of a war, where once-despised politicians again become serious contenders for the prime ministership after voters threw them out, where an almost universally disliked leader such as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert still manages to hang on.

Perhaps that's why the image of invincibility that Israel enjoyed since the Six-Day War feels so tattered. The public is painfully aware of the Israeli military's failure to defeat several hundred guerrillas from the radical Lebanese militia Hezbollah, as well as its ongoing inability to stop Hamas from firing rockets into the Israeli border town of Sderot from the Gaza Strip. The army now warns of another war this summer, this time with Syria, while the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran looms. No wonder that, despite a booming economy and a sharp reduction in terrorist attacks, many Israelis are fearful about the future.
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2007-06-11
Gunmen fire on Haniyeh's house in Gaza; no one hurt

Sun 2007-06-10
Hamas-Fatah festivities renew in S Gaza, only 2 killed

Sat 2007-06-09
Olmert 'offers Golan Heights in peace deal'

Fri 2007-06-08
Lebanon Security Forces find 3 car bombs in Bekaa village

Thu 2007-06-07
HuJi boss Hannan, 5 others to be charged

Wed 2007-06-06
Kabul to trade Deadullah's carcass for hostages

Tue 2007-06-05
Terror suspect surrenders in Trinidad

Mon 2007-06-04
Clashes in Ein el-Hellhole between army and Syrian sock puppets

Sun 2007-06-03
UAE gives $80 million to Palestinians

Sat 2007-06-02
Report: Feds arrest 3 in alleged JFK airport plot

Fri 2007-06-01
Leb army attempts to seize Fateh al-Islam positions inside camp

Thu 2007-05-31
UNSC approves Hariri court

Wed 2007-05-30
Maliki is conducting "reconciliation" talks with Izzat Ibrahim

Tue 2007-05-29
Iraqi Kurdistan to take charge of own security

Mon 2007-05-28
14 Arrested in Spain on Terror Charges

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