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...dropped tens of thousands of humanitarian packages containing food and medicine for impoverished Afghan refugees. This highly unusual step underscores President George W. Bush’s insistence that the United States is a friend of the Afghan people, and it demonstrates America’s commitment to minimize civilian suffering. It also provides a striking contrast to the tactics of terrorist organizations like al Qaeda, which deliberately deal devastation and death to the innocent and unprotected...
Despite this commitment, some in the Harvard community fear not enough is being done for the civilian population...
...refugees also pose a military obstacle for any U.S.-led coalition. Taliban forces moving about with the multitudes of refugees would be more difficult to isolate without inflicting civilian casualties. The coalition is now struggling with whether to tackle the refugees before a major military campaign, to which Britain is partial, or keeping the focus on capturing Osama bin Laden even if this exacerbates the refugees' problems, which Washington has advocated. Outside Kandahar, the Taliban are stopping families at gunpoint and turning them back from the border road. U.N. officials say the Taliban are letting some women and children through...
...others' they are tantamount to a war cry and smack of vengeance. Just after the attack, there was worldwide sympathy for the U.S. With the recent rhetoric, however, it is morphing into a sense of concern that an American-led all-out war could inflict further, heavy, unnecessary civilian casualties. We strongly oppose terror, but we aren't ready to support such a response...
...chemical weapons. U.S. authorities grounded cropdusting planes for a day following reports of previous interest by at least one of the hijackers, and police arrested 10 people who acquired licenses to transport hazardous materials. Meanwhile, President Bush announced a host of new security measures, including authorization to shoot down civilian aircraft that appeared to threaten U.S. cities...