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...Elizabeth Cheney, the senior state department official in charge of US efforts to promote democracy in the region, on Tuesday made it clear she was opposed to the development....
...Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister, this month said Israel had no intention of attacking Iran....
...Everywhere she went she assured her hosts that Dick Cheney, the vice-president, was not about to unleash the bombers on Tehran....
...As deputy national security adviser Mr Hadley has been a frequent visitor to the Middle East and is said to have cultivated a strong relationship with Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister....
...There is no doubt Mr Cheney is right on existing al-Qaeda members. They must be annihilated....
...If he disagreed with James Baker, then secretary of state, over putting pressure on Israel, it was privately expressed: now the world knows Ariel Sharon has no closer friend in Washington....
...The real villains are Richard Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld....
...The Bush-Cheney campaign's chief legal counsel has warned that it may be "days or weeks" after the November 2 election before the winner is known....
...In Israel, Ariel Sharon pledged unilaterally to remove all Jewish settlements in the Gaza strip....
...Tomorrow morning, Secretary of State Rice departs on a trip that will take her to Israel and the West Bank for meetings with Prime Minister Sharon and President Abbas....
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