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...soldiers refused to surrender. Alliance troops met a lethal volley of automatic-weapons fire from every side of the two-story building. They called in American fighter-bombers--guided by spotters on the ground--which scored two direct hits on the front of the school Saturday afternoon. Windows were blown out a quarter of a mile away. Hundreds of Pakistanis died in the explosions...
...convoy of journalists were stoned and robbed while leaving Spin Boldak, just up the road. Some 200 other journalists had already left for Pakistan. We were waiting for four reporters who had been led off into the Rigestan desert by the Taliban to look at some fuel tankers blown up by U.S. commandos. It didn't seem like a very good idea to leave our friends behind in Afghanistan...
...frenzied (“Hedwig’s Theme”) to downright creepy (“Christmas at Hogwarts”). Throughout, though, Williams maintains an air of magic befitting a Potter tale. There are chimes and bells aplenty to keep things mysterious—even the full-blown orchestral passages have a certain otherworldly feeling about them...
...haven’t really gotten involved in that issue, which popped up more once I graduated,” Sims says. “We had invocations during the game. I think sometimes that stuff gets blown out of proportion—people are looking for something to complain about. As long as you are considerate and thoughtful of others and respect others’ faiths, it all works...
...Taliban prisoners, he claims, will be tried and eventually expelled, although he does not rule out the possibility of executions. In this desolate battle-scarred landscape of dust and desert, barren mountain peaks and rusted, blown out Soviet tanks, killing is given little thought. "Maybe we will have to execute a few people," says Atta. "The people want to kill these tourists...