Mr. REGEV: Hamas would like a time-out, a time to rest and regroup and rearm.
The rebels used the ceasefire to rearm in preparation for the current bout of fighting.
When Washington subsequently pushed Tokyo to rearm, the latter hid behind its constitution.
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The Colombian government refused to cease military operations during the talks, saying rebels would use the opportunity to rearm.
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The Colombian government refused to cease military operations during the negotiations, arguing that rebels would use the opportunity to rearm.
But that sent a signal, nuanced if not entirely direct, that West Germany should rearm to face down the Soviet threat.
After the immediate post-war disarmament, Britain began to rearm at a faster rate than at any time in its peacetime history.
If Mr Kabila were to call a halt now and talk, he would be giving the government a chance to regroup, rearm--and prolong the agony.
On Wednesday Bush explained that the relative level of violence is not a determinate of victory or defeat because the enemy can use cease-fires to rearm.
Nor is the world showing any eagerness to stop the supply of weapons, though it was agreed in 1994 that neither the government nor the rebels would rearm.
Japan is moving forward to rearm itself, the US and Japan are applying more pressure on the North, and the UN has condemned the North on its missile test.
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