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...Things went less well in the northwest, where a force of Afghans led by General Ziahuddin, accompanied by American special forces, was to enter the valley from Zurmat. Abdul Sabur, a young Afghan, had signed on with the Americans for $200 a month, plus a mountain parka, a new Kalashnikov assault rifle and the promise of meat at least once a day. The risks seemed worth it; Sabur's own commander had not paid him for months...
...report obtained by TIME, he was a senior instructor at an al-Qaeda training camp 10 km outside Poso, on the island of Sulawesi. The document gives a detailed breakdown of the location and staffing of the camp: Arabic was the working language; new arrivals were issued pistols and Kalashnikov automatic rifles and then asked to show their commitment to jihad by joining in the island's bloody Muslim-Christian clashes. Indonesia's most senior civilian intelligence officer, former army general Hendropriyono, at first acknowledged, then denied the existence of the so-called Camp Mujahidin...
...Things went less well in the northwest, where a force of Afghans led by General Ziahuddin, accompanied by American special forces, was to enter the valley from Zurmat. Abdul Sabur, a young Afghan, had signed on with the Americans for $200 a month, plus a mountain parka, a new Kalashnikov assault rifle and the promise of meat at least once a day. The risks seemed worth it; Sabur's own commander had not paid him for months...
...mixed emotions are apparent countrywide, even in a market in the city of Kunming, near Burma, where a vendor who usually sells parakeets and potted flowers now offers more contemporary ware?a ceramic model of the Twin Towers spouting flames and another of Osama bin Laden gripping a Kalashnikov. But he sells another sentiment as well. "Are you American?" he asks. "I've got your flag, too." Sure enough, he points to Old Glory hanging next to a mask of bin Laden with blood streaming from a bullet hole in his forehead...
...trailer for an upcoming horror flick. Three Arab men appear in separate shots: one has wide eyes and a gesticulating left hand; another appears to read from a text, never looking up at the camera; the third buries his head between his knees, then cozies up to a Kalashnikov and smiles. The silent footage, released by the Justice Department last Thursday, was spliced together from five tapes recovered by allied forces in the rubble of the home of Mohammed Atef, al-Qaeda's operations mastermind who was killed by a U.S. air strike in November. They were no ordinary home...