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...American bombs softened Taliban forces, the Alliance planned to make its move into the key northern outposts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Kunduz and Taliqan, cutting a swath through the heart of Taliban country. As the Alliance rolled back the Taliban in the north, the thinking went, the certainty of defeat would produce mass defections from the Taliban's ranks, and the regime would implode...
LOCATION AND DEFEAT OF DIFFICULT TARGETS...
...month into the conflict, the U.S. war effort is under siege from a global chorus of critics-chiming in everywhere from the streets of Quetta to the hallways of Congress-who say the campaign to crush the Taliban and seize Osama bin Laden is hurtling toward either humiliating defeat or inescapable quagmire; that U.S. bombs are doing either too much damage, not enough or both at the same time; and that the U.S. had better produce some "wins" soon, before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan (which begins Nov. 17) and the first snowfalls allow the Taliban to rally...
...week to prepare for its Nov. 10 clash with undefeated, co-Ivy League leader Penn (6-0, 4-0), quickly developed into one of the season’s most important games for Harvard. Columbia followed up a 27-20 victory over Dartmouth by cruising to a 28-14 defeat of Yale last Saturday, leaving the Crimson focused on the Lions—and only the Lions...
...Crimson ended last year with a defeat of then-No. 1 Dartmouth in the first annual NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, to lay claim to third place in the country. But like every year, Harvard has had to deal with the loss of many key players to graduation—this year, though, the problem is bigger because of the Olympics...