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Afghanistan's peasant warriors have a long history of fighting shoulder to shoulder against a common foe. The problem is getting them to stop turning their guns on each other once that foe has been vanquished. And that's a dilemma the U.S. and its allies may be inheriting as they move to strike against Osama Bin Laden's Taliban hosts...
...TIME reporter who talked to Omar several months ago says he was pondering such dangers. "Did we invite him in?" said Omar of bin Laden. "He was already here. But we don't know how to get rid of him or where to send him." Now Omar's dilemma has reached cataclysmic proportions, and no one knows if he has any real-world grasp of the consequences...
...TIME reporter who talked to Omar several months ago says he was pondering such dangers. "Did we invite him in?" said Omar of bin Laden. "He was already here. But we don't know how to get rid of him or where to send him." Now Omar's dilemma has reached cataclysmic proportions, and no one knows if he has any real-world grasp of the consequences...
...traumatized, and any mutual trust established through the Oslo peace process shattered, possibly beyond repair. Still, while leaders on both sides have repeatedly proclaimed that the peace process itself is among the fatalities of the past year's clashes, neither Israel nor the Palestinian leadership has escaped the dilemma that forced it to the negotiating table in the first place. And with the U.S. now ratcheting up pressure for a resumption of dialogue in the interests of the international anti-terrorism coalition, both sides face the inevitability, once again, of negotiation and compromise - now under conditions rendered even more adverse...
...while Netanyahu has the luxury of being outside of government, Sharon has to balance domestic concerns with those of Israel's all-important international backer - and Washington is plainly insisting that the Israelis negotiate with the Palestinian Authority rather than shut it down. That faces Sharon with a dilemma, since the levels of force he has applied until now have failed to end the intifada, and increasing the level of force is diplomatically untenable. But dialogue, in the event that it can achieve a cease-fire, will force Sharon into the uncomfortable position of having to contemplate political negotiations with...