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...friends, he is their leader, and he is also their guest," says Mullah Gul Akhund, a police commander in Kandahar. "They must protect him." Should those bonds prove feeble, the Taliban know how to drive home the consequences of treachery. In mid-June, Mullah Bradar was seen on horseback in Helmand province, in the mountains near Washir. About the same time, a "night letter," or propaganda leaflet, presumably placed or inspired by Bradar, was found plastered to a Washir mosque, threatening anyone who collaborated with the new government...
...terrorism. The Central Command chief, Army General Tommy Franks, rejected it because he believes the opposition isn't up to the job. "There are 24 divisions of the Iraqi army," an Army officer told Time. "There's a limit to how much you can do with guys on horseback and B-52s." Not long after Downing's plan fell out of favor, he announced he was leaving the government...
...music from Virgil Taken Alive. Last month tribe members gathered near the grave site of Sitting Bull, General George Custer's conqueror, to pray at the graves of long-ago chiefs--Thunderhawk, Rain-in-the-Face, Running Antelope. A package event for tourists? Hardly. The Indians got there on horseback and camped in the cold. In fact, they were not dressed for camcorders. They wore jeans, permanent press and wrap-around shades. When they set fire to a wad of sage, in a purification ritual, it was in a Folger's coffee can. And the graveside speeches touched...
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...task. "If I can't collect the soldiers, I can't start training," says McDonnell. He has started, but with fewer recruits than desired. The target number for the inaugural battalion was 605 men; just over 400 showed up. Most were flown from provincial recruitment centers, others arrived on horseback and still more trickled in after days of walking...