Word: digging
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...leaders watched workers dig out from the rubble the remains of thousands of Americans, did it occur to them to distance the U.S. from the affairs of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region? And frankly, a little humility wouldn't hurt us at this hour. Perhaps we should spend a moment in this frenzy of revenge asking ourselves what we have done to contribute to this tragedy. And then stop doing it. MARGIE PHELPS Topeka, Kans...
...first, bin Laden mainly raised money, especially among rich Gulf Arabs, for the Afghan rebels, the mujahedin. He also brought in some of the family bulldozers and was once famously using one to dig a trench when a Soviet helicopter strafed him but missed. In the early 1980s, Abdullah Azzam founded the Maktab al Khidmat, which later morphed into an organization called al-Qaeda (the base). It provided logistical help and channeled foreign assistance to the mujahedin. Bin Laden joined his old teacher and became the group's chief financier and a major recruiter of the so-called Arab Afghans...
...buckets and pass them hand to hand down a 200-ft. line before they are emptied in piles in front of an investigator, who sifts through them. The workers will do this for 10- and 12- and 18-hour shifts, kneeling and using their hands to dig, even though they stand next to the Caterpillar 345 Excavator, a $1.5 million, 185,000-lb. behemoth that can reach 105 ft. into...
...estimates for how long it will take to dig it all out are measured in months: one, three, more. The first few weeks alone could cost $200 million. "What makes this so labor intensive is that you can't cut through the debris with heavy equipment," says Bruce Baughman, director of operations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "The last thing you want to do is go in with a front-end loader and come out with a victim...
...used as fill within the enclosure wall, however, as well as a partial inscription on the wall detailing the regulation of animals brought to the sanctuary, suggests that sacrifices were common. A radar sounding within the oval confirmed that it too is littered with architectural debris, and a preliminary dig turned up the remains of a collapsed structure with huge inscriptions. "The letters are half a meter high, so they could be read from the ground like a billboard," says Glanzman. "We also expect to find lots of platforms for altars and statues...