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...their part, U.S. military commanders have been reluctant to commit the nearly 20,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan to opium eradication, fearing that doing so would divert attention from the hunt for terrorists. Afghan officials say that several times last year U.S. special forces spotted suspicious convoys that appeared to be ferrying opium. Radioing in for orders, the special forces were told to leave the convoy alone and keep hunting for al-Qaeda, the Afghan officials say. A senior Afghan security official says the U.S. military doesn't want to jeopardize the help it receives from local commanders by seizing...
Accusation: Moore says Saudi interests invested $1.4 billion in firms connected to the Bush family and friends and speculates that this may have caused the President to divert attention from the involvement of Saudis in 9/11...
...security at potential targets, especially diplomatic missions. This will hardly reassure skittish Olympic teams. While none has pulled out of the Games, many are ratcheting up their own precautions. Australia received assurances that its athletes would be placed under armed guard, and said it would have planes ready to divert to Athens for quick evacuation if necessary. The American team will likely be guarded by undercover U.S. federal agents, but officials hotly denied the inevitable (and no doubt unfounded) rumors that the team was considering pulling out. "No way," a top U.S. security official told Time. "If the U.S. pulls...
...policeman before becoming a businessman and a politician, Thaksin is trying to play both good and bad cop. He has repeatedly pledged to divert more development funds to the south. But he also declared martial law in the area immediately after a Jan. 4 raid on a Thai army base there, ordered more troops to the region, and abandoned a program that emphasized cooperation between the military, the police and community leaders. Instead, Thaksin gave sole responsibility for public security to the police, who are reviled by the Muslims because they consider the cops corrupt and insensitive to Islamic customs...
...attempt to divert resources away from what is expected to be his strongest unit on paper come opening kickoff, the wide receiving corps, Murphy has shifted junior wideout James Harvey across the line of scrimmage, where he will eventually challenge for the free safety slot left vacant by Raftery’s graduation. Harvey had long requested the opportunity to switch to defense, a desire which became more pronounced when his snaps at wide receiver dwindled last season, and his solid performance when called upon for special teams duty cemented the move...