During the second Palestinian intifada from 2000 to 2005, Oren says the military moved away form its focus on full-blown combat in favor of confronting low intensity, urban guerilla fighting which worked in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Jenin but was dramatically less successful against the better armed Hezbollah fighters.

NPR: Israelis Rethink Strategy After Hezbollah Stalemate

Lucent, Cisco and Nortel all keenly focus on the coming shift to IP-over-optical networking, but they hold divergent views on when and in what form it will arrive.

FORBES: Wired and restless

And instead of devoting valuable home stretch resources to bringing guaranteed votes to the polls on Election Day, the campaign could instead focus on using those hard-core supporters as Election Day foot soldiers, employing the most personal and effective form of voter persuasion to bring less enthusiastic backers to the polls.

CNN: Analysis: Obama won with a better ground game

Jamie finished the year at a career-high world No.77 in the ATP doubles rankings and has decided to focus his efforts on this form of the game.

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