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...observed, "by nature they will like the strong horse." Here he was indeed prophetic: the mistake was in not knowing which mount was which. In the month since he savored his triumph, the army of Taliban faithful has collapsed. If the scouts are right, he has had to flee to the deepest recess of a Tora Bora cave. His prediction of inflamed and inspired Muslims flocking to his cause was refuted by the quiet of the Arab streets and the murmur of clerics who denounced his acts. The superpower that was supposed to cringe and flail instead sent its best...
...Mujahidin Council are gearing up for tonight's antivice patrol on the streets of Yogyakarta. The first target: Pasar Kembang, a rundown complex of dingy rooms and narrow corridors in the city's red-light district. Clutching clubs topped with sickles, the Council storm through the rooms as customers flee out the back. No one is nabbed, but the 10 men vow to return. Says Abu Haidar, the group's operational commander: "We do this to remind the people and the government that this is a holy month for Muslims...
...tent playing ceki, a kind of poker. They scatter as the squad, brandishing clubs and machetes, marches in. But as FPI members smash tables and chairs and then start pulling down the tents, some locals turn and jeer. A brawl almost erupts, but the vagrants lose their nerve and flee. The militants retreat, but not before setting fire to the pile of twisted tarpaulin and scraps of wood...
...they choose not to surrender by the Wednesday deadline, the Al Qaeda remnants will have to fight or flee. They still control the highest ground and it's not known what kind of fortifications they maintain there. "We can't say they are completely surrounded; they have many ways to escape," says a commander named Atiqullah. "They could cross into Pakistan" by traversing the snowy passes along the border a several miles away, "but that way is very difficult...
...more immediate priority in the wake of the Afghanistan campaign, however, will be to destroy any sanctuaries to which Al Qaeda's core might flee. While the terror network is said to operate in 50 or 60 countries, its presence in most of these is small and covert. The organization's long-term future requires that it replace Afghanistan as a sanctuary in which it can function independently and unmolested to cultivate a new generation of professional terrorists. Those requirements considerably narrow the list - even if Iraq were to offer, accepting Saddam's hospitality would totally destroy Al Qaeda...