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Source: http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2002/may/05_04_2.html
Pentagon Objects to U.S. Peacekeepers
(Middle East Newsline) - Senior Pentagon officials oppose a State Department proposal for the deployment of U.S. troops to serve as peacekeepers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, saying U.S. military personnel are stretched and the American presence would draw attacks from Islamic insurgents.