Word: desertic
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...attempts to run the border are growing costlier and more dangerous. Since Sept. 11, the demand for smugglers who guide workers through remote crossings has risen, doubling the average fee to $2,000. Tougher enforcement in border cities has pushed migrants to cross through the desert, where some die of dehydration. Francisco Perez has made four solo attempts. Now, he says, "my family will hire someone"--meaning a smuggler to guide him through the desert. Sept. 11 has made it both tougher to cross into the U.S. and ever more urgent...
...former second in command of northern Afghanistan who refused to surrender alongside his superior, Mullah Fazil, at Kunduz in November. He has been hiding out ever since, surrounded by ten bodyguards, moving from house to house and sending the Alliance and CIA on occasional high speed chases across the desert around Mazar. "He only drinks bottled Pepsi from the shops and lives almost entirely on cakes and bread." says one Alliance agent. "If he eats with a family in their home, he always swaps his plate with the one given to the head of the house. He only moves...
...just a ploy to appeal to human sentiment.” Other comments bothered me because of their flagrant inaccuracy. I joined the demonstrators in trying to dispel some of these myths. No—nobody here supports suicide bombings. No—Palestinian territory was not a barren desert wasteland before Israel conquered it in 1967. No—the Palestinian cause is not about destroying Israel; it’s about human rights, self-determination and an end to an illegal occupation...
...room complete with satellite TV. His ranch is surprisingly modest, but features an expensive collection of some of the world's finest Arabian and thoroughbred horses. His main meal at 7 p.m. sharp is a sumptuous banquet of Arabic and Continental cuisine, these days including rare mushrooms known as desert truffles that grow wild after winter rains...
...another invasion of Kuwait or Saudi Arabia and to keep up the pressure on Iraq. That is in line with the traditional basis for the strong relationship: the Saudis provide oil and the U.S. provides security. Some U.S. military men feel the Saudis "owe us" - a reference to Operation Desert Storm saving Saudi skin back in 1991. But the Saudis are fearful that a carte blanche could entangle the Kingdom in American wars against Iraq or even Iran, making popular opposition to the U.S. military presence a hot political issue - which, despite bin Laden's rhetoric, it has failed...