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After 9/11, some of Bush's starchy unilateralism and a lot of his indifference to foreign affairs went out the window. Bush had to have Pakistan in his corner if he was to isolate bin Laden. The country's 1,500-mile border with Afghanistan had to be shut to keep al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters from fleeing across it--no easy task, and a goal that wasn't achieved. And the Pentagon would need Pakistan's airspace for military overflights and its bases for refueling planes and staging assault troops and rescue operations. "You just look at the area...
...over the media: quagmire, stalemate and, of course, Vietnam. Within two weeks, the Taliban had been routed from the cities of Afghanistan's north and turfed out of Kabul. Three weeks later, the Taliban deserted its stronghold in Kandahar, while its leaders, together with the fighters of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization, were in flight, exile or caves...
...carry supporting documentation with the same name, and have a good cover story for why you have the passport. That diabolical tourist tip was among the terrorist how-tos contained in a trove of handwritten notes found earlier this month in a house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network...
...PRESSING PROBLEMS Asked what they thought was the main problem facing the nation, 45% in September answered terrorism; only 8% said the economy. Now 26% say it's the economy, vs. 25% who say terrorism. LOWERED EXPECTATIONS In October, 61% said the U.S. needed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden for the war to be considered a victory; the current figure is 46%. ON TO IRAQ? Fully 73% would support the U.S.'s sending ground troops to overthrow Saddam Hussein...
...obscure art of Arabic translating got a workout last week as two news organizations released new versions of the Osama bin Laden tape. The State Department translation was a collaboration among several experts that left a lot of holes as "unintelligible." But experts hired by ABC and CNN have since reviewed the text. Among the revelations from the new passages: bin Laden names nine of the hijackers; he told followers to listen to the radio for a news bulletin hours before the attacks; and the sheik being honored at the dinner that night was sneaked into Afghanistan by a member...