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...country has jumped more than 50% in the past year, to 27,000, a much bigger surge in percentage terms than is being argued over for Iraq. There are six times the number of soldiers as in 2002 when U.S. forces were staking out bin Laden in Tora Bora. Only now the enemy is not just the Taliban and al-Qaeda but also the proxy army of warlords that the U.S. helped enrich and empower--an army that America once hoped would be critical in the struggle against terrorism...
...agents and officers, have little information on bin Laden's whereabouts despite the $25 million bounty on his head. The last time they came close to him was in late 2001, when he apparently escaped a tightening noose as he fled his mountain redoubt at Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan...
...highlights" from his third-grade class. As far as I could tell he wasn't attending an Iranian elementary school so much as one of those scary Pakistani-type madrassas, where rows of boys sit on the floor memorizing the Koran and the alumni all died at Tora Bora. The first minutes captured the class making ritual ablutions before prayer, followed by scenes of them actually praying together in the classroom, and finally, a lively segment of them practicing the call to prayer. Noting my horrified look, my friend explained that "public schools here are really much better these days...
Raúl has been married to Espín, a chemical engineer who studied briefly at M.I.T., for more than 45 years. His eldest daughter Débora has Espín's nom de guerre. The couple has two other daughters and a son. Raúl talks about his eight grandchildren with great pride. He has lived in the same modest house in Havana for as long as anybody can remember. His nephews and nieces go to him for advice...
With two layers of glass, the Bodum Bora Bora tea press keeps your brew hot but stays cool to the touch on the table. Its plunger lets you stop steeping tea without having to remove the leaves. Bodum also makes double-layered cups that keep tea hot and hands cool...