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...object of radical Islamic hatred--and since much of the Arab press simply doesn't report pro-American news--Bush knew that a few bighearted photo ops weren't going to have a lasting effect. And the protests in Pakistan and Afghanistan did not abate. Neither did the flood of starving refugees coming over the border from Afghanistan. The situation in Pakistan was already unstable: President Pervez Musharraf was taking huge risks for supporting the U.S. against the Taliban, and as a result had limited American access to Pakistani military bases. But the refugees were making a tense situation even...
...they have the same father), the two former beauty queens say they led glamorous but fairly obscure lives until 1997, globe-trotting as sometime models and owners of a wholesale gem-buying business. Then the upscale women's magazine 25ans profiled them in a feature about luxurious lifestyles. A flood of reader interest led to regular columns showcasing the sisters' beauty-product and fashion picks. An empire dedicated to all things Kano has followed?exercise videos, calendars and coffee-table pictorials, featuring the two preening mostly naked before a soft-focus lens...
...Staff writer Joseph P. Flood can be reached at flood@fas.harvard.edu...
...Pakistan, with its military rule, mounting domestic Islamist challenge and long history of intimacy with the Taliban regime, faces the toughest challenge. The backlash there will mount rather than diminish as the bombing continues and refugees flood across from Afghanistan. And Pakistan will soon find itself scrambling to find a new proxy in Kabul to compete with the Russian-backed Northern Alliance for influence in a post-Taliban Afghanistan. General Musharraf's recent reshuffle of his generals suggests he's also on the lookout for any backlash from within the military. The U.S., too, will keep close watch, knowing that...
...same time, massive Air Force C-17 cargo planes, also dropped food and medical supplies - both of which were branded as being from the U.S. - on displaced Afghan civilians. President Bush has approved $320 million in aid for Afghanistan; administration officials expect neighboring Pakistan, which accepted a flood of refugees before the air strikes began, to receive humanitarian assistance from the U.S. as well...