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Article: A gathering storm.(Editorials)(Threats to peace erupt throughout Middle East)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2005
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Signals that the Middle East is spiraling toward regional crisis intensified last week with dangerous developments in Syria, Iran, Israel and the West Bank. Positive moves that kindled hopes for a resumption of the peace process have been smothered by bodies, blood and anti-Semitic belligerence.
Perhaps more worrisome, the Bush administration is so preoccupied domestically with a botched Supreme Court nomination and mounting opposition to the war in Iraq that it remains to be seen if it can respond effectively to the fires breaking out on all fronts in the Middle East.
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