Mideast Fighting Ahead of Powell Vist
CNN reports (cue the moaning women) that Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen battled in the narrow streets of Nablus Saturday, after a night of clashes in the West Bank and Gaza.The fighting left at least five Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers dead, according to the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian Red Crescent, amid a week-old Israeli offensive in response to Palestinian suicide attacks. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem & covenant with many files.