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...ousting of the Taliban from Kandahar and the evisceration of the regime's military power allowed the allies to cross off at least one war aim. Even with Omar still at large, the Taliban is all but finished as a movement. The lightning advance of opposition forces scooped up most of the Taliban's weapons and ammunition and eroded its popular support. By the beginning of last week, several senior Taliban commanders had begun negotiating terms of a surrender with Karzai and other opposition leaders loyal to King Zaher. A deal for the peaceful handover of the three provinces still...
...path of terrorism. The world hasn't always seen him for what he is. Now everyone is discovering the real Arafat. He is the greatest obstacle to peace in the Middle East, unfortunately. We are facing a war that has been forced upon us, a war of terror. The aim of terrorists and those who enable these terrible acts to be carried out without disturbance--their aim is to expel us altogether from here, to bring us to total despair and loss of hope. We are facing this hard war, and we regard Mr. Arafat as guilty of everything...
...ousting of the Taliban from Kandahar and the evisceration of the regime's military power allowed the allies to cross off at least one war aim. Even with Omar still at large, the Taliban is all but finished as a movement. The lightning advance of opposition forces scooped up most of the Taliban's weapons and ammunition and eroded its popular support. By the beginning of last week, several senior Taliban commanders had begun negotiating terms of a surrender with Karzai and other opposition leaders loyal to King Zaher. A deal for the peaceful handover of the three provinces still...
...aim] is to provide public security while not imposing unnecessary restrictions... and maintaining the level of flexibility that academic institutions need to have,” said Kevin Casey, senior director of federal and state relations at Harvard...
Simmons urged Brown’s Advisory Committee on University Planning to aim for a need-blind admissions policy beginning with the Class...