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...story of the week was the prison revolt at the Qalai Janghi fortress at Mazar-i-Sharif. Justin Huggler provided one of the most vivid and harrowing accounts of the bloodbath annotated with uncomfortable and unanswered questions in London's Independent. And in line with the growing British calls for an inquiry into the events, that paper's fiercely anti-war columnist Robert Fisk accuses the U.S. and Britain of complicity in a war crime. His argument is echoed in The Guardian where Isabel Hilton argues that the involvement of American and British personnel alongside General Dostum's men necessitates...
...outdone, Justin Huggler of London's Independent found himself forced to accept the surrender of a Taliban commander from Kunduz. "He could not find anyone to surrender to. So we bundled him and his retinue of defecting Taliban into the back of our rented van and set off to find a local Northern Alliance commander." All hell broke loose when the convoy came under fire from the Taliban, and again when the defector refused to part with his rocket-propelled-grenade launcher in the chaotic clamor of surrendering Taliban and advancing (and retreating) Alliance fighters on the frontline...
...camping every year, and apparently many of them are redefining their idea of rugged outdoorsmanship. Nowadays campers can languish in multiroom tents, cuddle up in adjustable-temperature sleeping bags, roast game hens in "outback ovens." "People don't want to go outdoors and get dirty and wet," explains Tom Huggler, author of The Camper's and Backpacker's Bible. "They want to be safe and comfortable, and they want a smooth experience." And they are willing to pay for it. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, a trade group, sales of camping and backpacking equipment are expected to reach...
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