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...According to the Pentagon, Taliban forces have made the air campaign more difficult by hiding out in civilian areas such as university compounds and mosques. Despite relatively light bombing (compared, say, with the Kosovo campaign) Afghanistan has already seen its fair share of "collateral damage" incidents. But without much by way of Western media on the ground in the target zone, many of the reports are difficult to confirm. Still, we know from Western aid workers in the country that a Red Cross facility was hit in Kabul, and a hospital and a mosque in Herat. And unconfirmed reports suggest...
...running down a street; the corpses of Iraqi women killed in a bomb shelter; bodies strewn around a Yugoslav passenger train struck by a NATO rocket, and so on. Already Al Jezeera, the only TV network with a bureau in Kabul, is carrying images of the broken bodies of civilian casualties. And on the Internet, ordinary citizens are able to see the latest photographs posted by the wire services even before the photo editors of their local newspapers have had a chance to "filter" the images...
...ground is the real author of its people's misery are likely to be trumped by heart-rending images of starving refugees and "collateral damaged" children. The longer the war on the Taliban takes, the greater the risk to the unity of the U.S. coalition. Moreover, reports of civilian casualties have enraged not only the Taliban, but also many anti-Taliban local leaders in southern Afghanistan...
...terrorism is the first war you can access from your desk. Whenever a civilian - that is, a non-news person - comes into my office, they always remark on the television next to my desk. But everyone I know in the media business has a TV in his or her office - so it's easy to forget that this is an anomaly for most Americans. They can't watch CNN during the day even if they want...
...United Nations from U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte had warned that America reserved the right to act against other states, but U.S. officials said this could refer to investigations into radical Islamic groups in the Far East. As military strikes on Afghanistan intensified, with unconfirmed reports of 300 civilian deaths, diplomatic efforts focused on building a broadly representative post-Taliban government. Reports suggested that a final assault on Kabul was being delayed until the formation of such a coalition under the guidance of U.N. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi. With allied ground forces poised to enter the fray, British officials warned...