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...spells danger. The Taliban may be deeply unpopular with many Afghans, but it is local. Says Nancy Dupree, a veteran observer of the country, now based with relief agencies in Peshawar: "It's the first thing you learn about the Afghans. They will fight among themselves until kingdom come, but as soon as an outside force comes in, they will come together." Opposition leaders now sound much more nationalistic and less friendly to Americans than they were a week ago. If the U.S. sends in ground troops, says Haji Almaz, a 23-year war veteran who is a commander...
...spells danger. The Taliban may be deeply unpopular with many Afghans, but it is local. Says Nancy Dupree, a veteran observer of the country, now based with relief agencies in Peshawar: "It's the first thing you learn about the Afghans. They will fight among themselves until kingdom come, but as soon as an outside force comes in, they will come together." Opposition leaders now sound much more nationalistic and less friendly to Americans than they were a week ago. If the U.S. sends in ground troops, says Haji Almaz, a 23-year war veteran who is a commander...
...nothing has threatened to shake the foundations of the al Saud rule like the challenge posed by the latest generation of Islamic militants. While bin Laden never concentrated on building a political organization, he is loosely connected to like-minded comrades inside the kingdom, from fellow veterans of the Afghan war to a network of fiery young mid-rank clerics who share his views on fighting America and destroying Israel. It was the upshot of Saddam's invasion of Kuwait that ignited their anger. King Fahd's agreement to act as host to U.S. troops, bin Laden charged, revealed...
...enforce Saddam's continued isolation, some 6,000 U.S. troops remain in the kingdom, and the eviction of the "Crusader" forces is one of bin Laden's oft-repeated aims. Bomb attacks at U.S. facilities in Riyadh in 1995 and at Khobar Towers in 1996 left 24 Americans dead; bin Laden's role in the blasts, if any, is sketchy. The Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. left Saudi officials almost as stunned as they were by the roll of Saddam's tanks 11 years earlier. "What shocks me most," says a Saudi diplomat, "is why they hit America...
...Somewhat surprisingly, non-OPEC nations account for 5.9 million BPD, meaning that OPEC accounts for only 46 percent of American imports. Among the non-OPEC states, we receive 1.7 million BPD from Canada, 1.3 million BPD from Mexico, and 0.3 million each from Colombia, Norway and the United Kingdom...