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...target: the Adhi Ghar range of mountains, a favorite base of the mujahedin fighting the Soviets in the 1980s. Honeycombed with caves, these granite ridges rear up out of the desert and are covered in a jumble of boulders that offer perfect cover for snipers. In recent weeks, this hideout had become the base for a new enemy commander whom the U.S. is now confronting for the first time: Hafiz Abdul Rahim, a rebel chieftain and former Taliban secret-police chief who had advanced through the ranks after allegedly massacring dozens of Hazara Shi?ites in the town of Kalat...
...With the captured rebel Ghani leading the way, U.S. special forces and their Afghan allies converged on Rahim's mountain hideout on Jan. 27. Surprise was on the Americans' side as dozens of Afghan soldiers and U.S. special forces launched the attack. "Their leader Rahim only had time to grab his turban and run," chuckled one pro-U.S. commander, Abdul Raziq Achakzai. An initial firefight with the rebels lasted just 10 minutes. Then, a swarm of green helicopters dropped out of the clouds and disgorged 250 Marines. They took cover on the rocky slopes, trying to seal off their...
...Latin American cinema, and the fiercest. Next to it, Amores Perros and Y Tu Mama Tambien seem like slouchers. The storytelling and filmmaking vigor never lets up. The camera takes a bullet's point of view as it ricochets toward a victim; the tangled history of a gang's hideout is shown in two dozen supple dissolves; a bank heist is replayed to clear up a murder mystery. Because the director has brought his monsters and their world to teeming life, City of God conquers your scruples and stokes an appreciation for the feral strength of the doomed kids...
...perplexed that we never suggest the most likely hideout for bin Laden--Saudi Arabia. Where do you go when there is no place left to go? You go home! His rich family has the financial ability and the political influence to protect him. He could easily exist there without our knowledge. George Merriweather Ojai, Calif...
ARRESTED. ABU QATADA, 42, Islamic cleric believed to be a key figure in the al-Qaeda network; during an armed raid on his hideout in London. Often described as Osama bin Laden's ambassador in Europe, he has been linked to shoe bomber Richard Reid and accused 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui...