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,uz;L rhuhUNk jd;dhl;rp cupik (Right of Self Determination) Nfhupg; NghuhLfpwhHfs;. ,uz;L rhuhuJ kz;izAk; me;epag; gil Mf;fpukpj;J epw;fpwJ.

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gaq;futhjk; vJ vd;gij mnkupf;fhNt tiutpyf;fzk; nra;fpwJ. nra;J tpl;Lj; jhNd Kiwg;ghl;lhsuhfTk;> A+upahfTk;> ePjpgjpahfTk; ele;J nfhs;fpwJ!

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mnkupf;fh ,];NuYf;F Mz;nlhd;Wf;F 300 Nfhb nlhyHfis epjpAjtpahf toq;FfpwJ. cyf ehLfspy; rup ghjp ehLfspd; tUtha; ,ijtplf; FiwthdJ.

mnkupf;fh ,uz;L ehfupfq;fSf;F ,ilapyhd (fpwpj;Jtk;-,];yhk;) xU cyf kfh Aj;jj;jpw;Fj; jahuhfpwJ vd ,d;iwa (03-04-2002) nuhud;Nuh ];lhH gj;jpupifapy; wpr;Nrl; Fitd; (Richard Gwyn) vd;gtH vOjpapUf;fpwhH.

""Aj;jj;jpd; thil gykhf tPRfpwJ. mjw;fhd rj;jq;fs; mjpfupf;fpwJ> Aj;jj;jpd; mtyl;rz Kfk;> mJ Jhuj;jpy; ,Ue;jhYk;> fz;Zf;Fj; njupa Muk;gpj;Js;sJ. Aj;jk; vd;Dk;NghJ ehd; cz;ikahd Aj;jj;ijNa Fwpg;gpLfpNwd;""

(THE SCENT OF WAR is getting stronger, the noises of war are getting louder and war's ugly face, while still far off, is beginning to become visible. By war, I mean real war).

NkYk; ,];Nuy; fhj;jpukhd Kiwapy; mr;RWj;jg;gl;lhy;> mnkupf;fhTk; Nkw;Fyf ehLfSk; mjd; cjtpf;F tuNtz;Lk; vd Ntz;LNfhs; tpl;Ls;shH. ghk;gpd; fhy; ghk;G mwptJNghy wpr;Nrl; Fitd; Nghd;wtHfNs mnkupf;fhtpd; me;juq;fj;ij> mjd; cs;sf; fplf;ifiar; rupahf ehb gpbj;Jg; ghHj;Jr; nrhy;yf; $batHfs;.

“Beyond any question, though, Israel belongs to the West. We share with it the Judeo-Christian tradition. If Israel is seriously threatened — it is now hurting badly, though in no sense is its national survival yet at stake — then the West will, and must, come to its aid. This is the way in which today's war against terrorism could escalate, spinning out of anyone's control, into an all out-war between civilizations.

While nothing is certain, it's hard to conceive of any way to prevent such a catastrophe overtaking us except for an outside-enforced peace settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.

That only the U.S. can do this, goes without saying. So far, while the U.S. has waged its war against the terrorists in Afghanistan with professionalism and determination, its interventions in the Middle East have been consistently vacillating and amateurish.

In the next few weeks, either Bush will realize that to win his war against terrorism he has to first win peace in the Middle East, or — almost certainly — he will drag the U.S. and all the developed countries into a war between civilizations that he, and we, will win all right, but at a terrible human cost.”