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...timed. It is clear that the onset of the harsh Afghan winter and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan create formidable political-military obstacles to the pursuit of American goals, particularly against the backdrop of the complex and even contradictory political objectives guiding the military action. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday called on the Northern Alliance to begin advancing on Kabul, with the objective not of capturing the city but of "investing" it - a military term for laying siege that required translation to a lay audience. U.S. aircraft echoed the call by bombing the Taliban frontline...
...Saddam be contained? Any diplomatic scenario depends heavily on Russia. Not only are rogue elements within Russia the likeliest source of fissionable material for Iraq's nuclear-weapons program, but the Kremlin has been Saddam's strongest ally in rejecting UNSCOM inspections. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Colin Powell has pressured Russia to change its stance, but so far he has met with resistance. Within the Administration, a battle is raging between Powell and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, who proposes bombing Iraq for harboring terrorists. Dick Cheney is said to have sided with Powell, though that could change...
...with Washington's urgent need for Arab allies against al Qaeda, has opened the most visible rift in years between Israel and the U.S. Israel's rejection of Washington's call to withdraw its forces from Palestinian Authority-controlled towns persisted after Tuesday's meeting between Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres in Washington. After the meeting, Peres reiterated Israel's insistence that it will remain in six Palestinian towns until Yasser Arafat agrees to hand over the gunmen responsible for last week's assassination of Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi, while Powell's spokesman...
...better position. Sharon's game is political survival. He has to hit strongly against Arafat. That's the way that polishes his image in eyes of Israelis. Even if that means losing international support. Who cares about international support? America is preoccupied with Afghanistan. Only Colin Powell has the time to make telephone calls to Sharon. And telephone calls will not solve the problem. For Sharon's purposes, this is the proper time to achieve his aims against the Palestinians. Every time Israeli leaders get into trouble, somehow the Palestinians manage to do something that ends up helping them...
...Times of India was reassured by Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit this week that India wouldn't suffer the consequences of Washington's renewed affection for Pakistan. "Officials accompanying Secretary of State Powell on his trip to the region were quoted as saying he carried explicit assurances from General Musharraf to the Indian leadership that he (Musharraf) will try and contain extremism in Pakistan," the Times wrote. "After the Clinton administration had virtually discarded Pakistan to the dust heap, the Bush dispensation has decided that it needs to 'manage' Pakistan instead of isolating it. Indian officials say that...