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...begin. A last-minute public revolt could, theoretically, produce a veto in December; Turkish officials are most worried about France and Austria. But French President Jacques Chirac says he still backs talks and Austria, according to diplomats, is not likely to stand alone. Rejection now, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told TIME, would seriously damage Europe's credibility and "fuel hostility toward Europe across the Islamic world." Still, the dire warnings have stoked disenchantment in Western Europe - and forced Turks to explain themselves - again. "We are not talking about being full members now," said Gul. "We are just talking about...
...Islamic, making it difficult to identify its senior commanders. The Pentagon doesn't comment on its Guantanamo detainees, but a Taliban source tells TIME that Shahzada convinced his captors he had been picked up by their Afghan allies only because he was Pashtun, a rival ethnic group. Afghan minister Gul Agha Sherzai, who has helped battle the Taliban, insists that if Afghan officials had been allowed to vet Guantanamo captives, Shahzada would never have been freed. "We know all these Taliban faces," he says. Repeated requests for access, he claims, were turned down...
...suggest some 60% will vote yes. But in a separate poll of Greek Cypriots, more than 60% opposed the plan. The biggest political party said it would support the initiative if the vote were postponed, but international pressure in favor of the deal is mounting. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who supports the plan, said that a split vote with the south rejecting the arrangement and the north approving it should lead to formal partition of the island, in which the north, which is currently recognized only by Ankara , gains international recognition as a separate state. - By Andrew Purvis. With...
...Karzai government has attempted to rein in recalcitrant warlords. Most recently Karzai appointed Kandahar strongman Gul Agha Sherzai, a U.S.-installed warlord who has been dogged by accusations of corruption and nepotism, to a Cabinet position in Kabul as a way of keeping him under close watch. But Afghan officials say Karzai is wary of cracking down too hard for fear that the warlords will lash back. In Kabul alone, militias loyal to former President Burhanuddin Rabbani and current Defense Minister Mohammed Qasim Fahim number nearly 50,000. That's enough to overwhelm, if they wanted...
...security analysts familiar with the group were skeptical that they could manage such a sophisticated operation; Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said it was "obvious" the attackers had "international connections." Closely coordinated attacks using cars packed with explosives triggered by remote detonators "pointed outside the country," agreed a Western diplomat...