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When the Taliban were done dynamiting the two colossal stone Buddhas of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, they partied hard. They danced, hooted and slaughtered a cow. But Syed Mirza Hussain wasn't celebrating. A Hazara Afghan with Mongolian features and a rusty beard, Hussain had been forced by the Taliban to pack explosives around the statues. The Taliban warned that if he refused, he would be shot. It was a threat that Hussain, a Shi'ite Muslim hated by the Sunni Taliban, took seriously. Earlier, a Taliban fighter had gunned down Hussain's two boys like stray dogs crossing...
...meantime, Pakistani tribesmen near the border have all the tools to help an al-Qaeda fugitive. In Miramshah, not far from what is said to be the U.S. commandos' new base, locals are offering a complete fashion makeover: for $100 a fugitive gets his beard shaved and a new set of clothes, plus help in slipping through checkpoints on the roads to major Pakistani cities. "These al-Qaeda are willing to pay a lot--and in dollars," a tribal shopkeeper marveled. The U.S. is offering dollars too--$25 million for bin Laden's capture. But while...
Almquist introduces another monk, Daniel Simons. Sporting a beard and wearing a green T-shirt and khakis, Simons is 37 but looks like a 25-year-old grad student. He comes from northern Wisconsin and attended Wheaton College, alma mater of Billy Graham. Most of the monks here hail from the Midwest, but “it’s just a coincidence,” Almquist says...
...hair sample for scientific analysis. At least the press attention is evenhanded: a German newspaper has reported rumors that opposition candidate Edmund Stoiber exaggerates his capacity for heavy drinking by secretly putting water--and on occasion herbal tea--in his beer mug at campaign stops. Suddenly, Al Gore's beard doesn't seem so trivial...
...Miramshah, not far from the U.S. commandos' new base, locals are offering a complete fashion makeover for fugitives. For $100, your beard is shaved off, you get a new set of clothes and smugglers will slip you through the checkpoints on the roads to major Pakistani cities. "These al-Qaeda are willing to pay a lot more?and in dollars," one tribal shopkeeper marvels. But even shorn of his beard and sporting Western gear, it will be hard for bin Laden to avoid detection if he is hiding in Pakistan?now that the ISI has joined the chase...