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...Jones, already crowned the International Association of Athletics Federation's 2002 overall women's grand prix winner, triumph in the 100 m. In Jerez the Maktoums, rulers of Dubai and world-renowned owners and breeders of race horses, celebrated an equestrian victory of a different sort when Sheik Ahmed bin Mohammed al Maktoum, son of the crown prince, Sheik Mohammed, became the family's first winning jockey. The 16-year-old prince rode his American-bred Bowman to first place in the endurance championship at the World Equestrian Games. Horse and rider overcame 160 km of difficult country - made...
...date, the story of the war in Afghanistan has focused on the ones who got away, chief among them Osama bin Laden, Taliban spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and, according to an Afghan intelligence official, "99% of the hard-core leadership" of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But if Tirin Kot is any indication, most of the Taliban rank and file are not in hiding. They are back in their hometowns, farming, opening shops in the bazaar or just looking for work. The intelligence official estimates there "could be as many as 10,000, maybe more." Where? "Man, just look...
...Among the people of Tirin Kot, there is a binding dedication to Islam but not to the specific brand preached by the Taliban and especially not to the extreme forms of punishment the group meted out in the name of Islam. And they distance themselves from any ties to bin Laden's al-Qaeda. "People who joined the Taliban had no idea what the leadership was doing," says Timoor Shah, an elderly teacher of religious studies in Tanali. "But now all Taliban stand accused of these crimes...
...casualties among the already-suffering Iraqi people, even worse than the appalling civilian deaths in Afghanistan. Furthermore, an invasion today would handicap this administration in fulfilling its duties in the war on terrorism still being waged worldwide. Afghanistan is far from rebuilt, its government is still weak, and Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda are still at large. And with popular opinion in the Middle East equating a war on Iraq with a war on the entire Arab world, there is definite cause for concern that this administration may be rushing the U.S. into a bloody campaign whose regional consequences...
...jail, Siddique and Mahmood remained fully committed to militancy. They spouted the usual radical rhetoric: the West was trying to crush Islam, Osama bin Laden was a hero, martyrdom led to everlasting life. Their only regret, said the men, was that they were caught alive. "Mujahedin wait for justice and reward in the other world," intoned Siddique...