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...told Rumsfeld in late September 2001 that his Army Green Beret A-Teams couldn't go into Afghanistan until the CIA contingent there had laid the groundwork with the local warlords, he erupted, "I have all these guys under arms, and we've got to wait like a little bird in a nest for the CIA to let us go in?" What's more, Rumsfeld, according to a Pentagon source, does not like the idea that the CIA's paramilitary operatives could start fights his forces might have to finish...
...read, stick out your legs to stretch, or give up and take a nap spread-eagle on your stomach. There is a steady supply of natural sunlight for my pasty vitamin D-deficient skin, the occasional passersby, and a head-on view of a church steeple with a bird that I thought was fake for three days, until it flew away on Monday...
...take your mind off the plumbing noises. Moon, my cleanse guru?his Thai nickname is due to his broad round face?is the only Thai I've met who doesn't think fasting is inane. He's a veteran cleanser who swears by it. His wife, a beautiful, bird-like woman named Lak who works in the spa, doesn't share his sympathies and taunts me with green curries and papaya salad...
...creations of local artists are also well represented, among them Xiang Liqing's photomontage of crowded buildings piled atop one another and Xu Bing's airy bird calligraphy formed out of colored plexiglass. Then there is the dose of realism presented by Liu Dahong's ironic depictions of modern Shanghainese scenes?from folks lining up for visas at foreign consulates to corrupt officials committing suicide when they're caught embezzling money to spoil their lovers...
...Public alarm at yet another outbreak of the killer bird flu virus is an example of a city disappointed by its leadership. The virus was supposed to have been wiped out after a 1997 mass slaughter of chickens. That claim has been disproved by two major outbreaks since then. With a third underway, the government's response only further undermined its credibility. "We can see that our surveillance system is working well," Ingrid Yeung, the acting deputy secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, told legislators last week-without explaining how mere detection would result in complete eradication...