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...momentum has been stalled, as hard-line unionists prevented Trimble’s reelection and are attempting to block progress towards a lasting peace. Today’s Assembly votes will be crucial to maintain moderate leadership in Northern Ireland and to fulfill the promise of the recent breakthrough...
...Arab world. The U.S. might have been helped in this respect by bin Laden's bizarre rant against the United Nations. The terrorist leader may have been trying to discredit the international body in anticipation of any progress in international efforts to broker a new Israeli-Palestinian peace breakthrough (which would undermine one of his key propaganda devices). But two days later, his Taliban hosts were on TV demanding urgent humanitarian assistance - from the United Nations...
...showy impatience, much of the Alliance doesn't look war-ready. Near Khoja Bahauddin, on the Taliqan front, the Alliance must move its tanks across a steep-banked river before it can even think of mounting an offensive. That's not to say an Alliance breakthrough is impossible, especially if American strikes against the Taliban pick up. But even the most confident Alliance soldiers say it won't happen soon. "War is in our blood," says Safaullah, a fighter in Dasht-i-Qala. "We'll fight for centuries if we have...
...coalition to fight a ruthless enemy in an unforgiving land. And as Bush returned from the Shanghai summit late Sunday night, Oct. 21, there were victories to celebrate: he had toured the gray areas of this new war and collected promises of cooperation from China and prospects of a breakthrough on missile defense with Russia. But when he got back, the war at home had taken an ugly turn...
...showy impatience, much of the Alliance doesn't look war-ready. Near Khoja Bahauddin, on the Taliqan front, the Alliance must move its tanks across a steep-banked river before it can even think of mounting an offensive. That's not to say an Alliance breakthrough is impossible, especially if American strikes against the Taliban pick up. But even the most confident Alliance soldiers say it won't happen soon. "War is in our blood," says Safaullah, a fighter in Dasht-i-Qala. "We'll fight for centuries if we have...