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...Arghandab district as a base for an attack on the city itself, in an attempt to regain their former power base. "Arghandab is a strategic district, which the Taliban can use to threaten Kandahar," says former police chief Khan Mohammad. The Taliban have taken every village in the area except for the main town of Arghandab, Mohammad says, and there are now 40 to 50 Taliban fighters in each village. He worries that the jailbreak was a precursor to an attack on the town of Arghandab itself. "The Taliban have gained a lot of power with those who have been...
They like us - they really like us. Well, slightly more than they did last year, at least. Except for Turkey. Turkey still hates...
...parents - and you and I - wonder if someone named Barack Obama is 'one of us,' but not our kids." I figured I'd mention it to him next time we talked. Now there won't be a next time. I can't get my head around that yet, except - it's so, so sad. He was loving this election, as much as any we'd covered. I just can't believe he won't be around to find out how it ends. My love to Maureen and Luke, Big Russ and Tim's sisters. And Tim, if they're pouring...
...will set you back $4.31. Though high gas prices have caused Americans to drive less - 11 billion fewer miles this March compared to a year earlier - and have boosted sales of fuel-efficient cars, there's not a whole lot that most of us can do about the problem except complain. A lot. Very loudly...
Obama's association with ayers and Dohrn wouldn't matter except that, along with his friendship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, it says something larger about the political environment from which he springs. Chicago is a troubled city. Why would American voters want its way of political life brought to the country at large? We're not just electing a President; we're electing the people around him too. Mark Richard, COLUMBUS, OHIO...