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...interviewed by CNN, via questions sent through the Qatar-based Al Jezeera network to whom the fugitive terrorist has until now granted exclusive access. Bin Laden's answers will be taped on video - no doubt with all the standard props such as the camouflage flak jacket, the Kalashnikov propped up against the wall and the "cave" backdrop - and forwarded to Atlanta via Al Jezeera...
...generator sells for $700. A Kalashnikov...
...Tribal Territory Since we're not allowed to reach the Afghan border, we decide to head north to Shakot, a village that makes guns--anything from a Kalashnikov AK-47 ($120) to Russian pistols ($80). They also sell a mind-sizzling hashish, and puff away while tooling the guns. "If it's complicated work, the hashish makes it easier," grins one gunsmith between tokes. He sells a lot of AK-47s to Afghans and local Pakistanis. "A gun is a man's jewelry," he relates, and assures us that the tribesmen on the Pakistani side--to a man--will join...
...same tribe as the Taliban across the border. Tribesmen believe that Musharraf is breaking their strict code of Pashtunwali, in which honor and revenge are paramount. In the village of Shakot, gunsmith Aziz Khan glanced up from a lathe as he bored holes to craft a homemade Kalashnikov rifle (price: $120) and warned, "In our culture, we give our baby son an unloaded pistol to play with in the cradle, so that he becomes acquainted with guns. Every man and boy will defend bin Laden and the Taliban against America. It would be dishonorable not to protect him." Among Musharraf...
...same tribe as the Taliban across the border. Tribesmen believe that Musharraf is breaking their strict code of Pashtunwali, in which honor and revenge are paramount. In the village of Shakot, gunsmith Aziz Khan glanced up from a lathe as he bored holes to craft a homemade Kalashnikov rifle (price: $120) and warned, "In our culture, we give our baby son an unloaded pistol to play with in the cradle, so that he becomes acquainted with guns. Every man and boy will defend bin Laden and the Taliban against America. It would be dishonorable not to protect him." Among Musharraf...