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...defense clause, that an attack on one state is an attack on all, we have suddenly realized that an abuse of any nation’s terrorism laws or banking regulations will have effects far beyond its borders. Witness the success of those who disfigured New York from a cave in Central Asia...
...deal with, who can enforce treaties and achieve our aims. Unlike private armies or loose terrorist networks, states—even ones that sponsor terrorism—have interests in self-preservation that run counter to the suicide-bomber ethic. A state can’t slink into a cave for several months, emerging only to carry out some new monstrosity...
...President will need to provide evidence that the military component of his campaign against terrorism is delivering more than just ruins. The Administration craves some kind of victory in Afghanistan that Bush can wield as a trophy in New York. Military officials told Time they are monitoring several cave compounds in the mountains between Kabul and Kandahar where they believe bin Laden may be holed up. Last week U.S. warplanes began pummeling the area, hoping to kill bin Laden or at least collapse passageways inside the cave to effectively immobilize him. "For all we know," an officer says hopefully...
...find out what they'd ask. The question most repeated was a variation on this one from a reader in Texas: "If you believe that the highest honor is to die for Allah, why are you directing others to die for the cause while you hide in a cave?" For a selection of reader questions, go to time.com/askosama...
...Seven Gate Cave we stop to rest. From here it's an hour to Baidicheng village, which has easy bus connections to the ancient city of Fengjie at the start of the Gorges. I find myself thinking about the climax of Hersey's novel, in which a tracker falls to his death in Windbox Gorge. A few weeks ago a Chinese journalist died after plunging from a similar trail in another gorge. The path was good, but it was raining and he slipped. Nevertheless, Chen assures me that in the old days skilled trackers rarely got hurt. And he cautions...