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Similarly, the ISI had no interest in catching bin Laden before Sept. 11. According to U.S. officials, in early 1999 the U.S. pressed the Pakistanis to establish a snatch team that could go into Afghanistan to grab the al-Qaeda chief. The Pakistanis did set up a commando unit, under the aegis of the ISI and with training by the cia. But a U.S. official familiar with the operation says that in the end the Pakistanis didn't do "squat...
EMMYLOU HARRIS A smaller version of the Gibson she brings on tour, Harris' $3,300 L-200 is out this spring. "It's great to grab when you have an idea and want to work something out," she says...
...Right has taken a ferociously pro-Israel turn since the first Bush administration. Even as the President spoke this week of ending the occupation of the West Bank and creating a Palestinian state, Dick Armey, the leader of his own party in the House of Representatives urged Israel to "grab the whole West Bank" and expressed his belief that "the Palestinians should leave." With key figures of his core support base capable of so blithely endorsing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, the President's own political ability to frog-march the Israelis and Palestinians into an agreement...
...addition to the hopping dining room, the large brick confines house an open kitchen and medium-sized bar with televisions, which seems a nice place to grab a quick drink before your movie. Along with a very solid collection of New England and Old England (try the Fuller’s) beers, the Blue Room amusingly offers a quart of Budweiser ($6.25), which they will bring to your table in the same chilled marble presentation as a bottle of white wine. You have to admire a place that offers sweetbreads and squab but can still artfully serve 32 ounces...
...catching bin Laden a top ISI priority. In early 1999 the U.S. pressed the Pakistanis to establish a snatch team that could go into Afghanistan to grab the al-Qaeda chief. The Pakistanis did set up the commando unit, under the aegis of the ISI and with training by the cia. But according to one U.S. official familiar with the operation, in the end the Pakistanis didn't do "squat...