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...Students have more information on the likelihood that it would work than we do,” Lewis said...
...camps in Afghanistan has turned al-Qaeda into a more elusive organization. Though there are al-Qaeda members still in Afghanistan--one Afghan intelligence official keeps a map on his wall dotted with blue marks for places where al-Qaeda is "still active and recruiting"--in all likelihood, the terrorist groups are no more than 10 strong. Local officials contradict reports that significant numbers of al-Qaeda members have returned to Afghanistan since the war. Even in neighboring Pakistan, al-Qaeda members aren't entirely secure. In some relatively lawless tribal areas that border Afghanistan, terrorists can hide--though...
...killing 32 and injuring at least 150. Government investigators said they had no evidence that the attacks were coordinated, but many Afghans had their suspicions. The blast in Kabul last week, the most lethal in a rash of bombings this summer, came after weeks of intelligence warnings about the likelihood of terrorist attacks around the anniversary of Sept. 11. Although U.S. commanders say the 12,000 allied troops in Afghanistan have flushed nearly all remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban forces out of their redoubts and degraded the enemy to a few hundred fighters, the country still seethes with militants intent...
...likelihood is that people will have eaten already at another local restaurant,” Moore said in explaining the premise behind the restaurant. “It’s the sort of thing that happens in the North End. People want to extend their evening, or to take a walk before dessert...
When the U.S. withdraws from the leadership role that it alone can play in world affairs, it makes cataclysms within regions more likely, as we have seen in the Middle East. When we act unilaterally in defiance of our allies, we increase the likelihood of the third and potentially most dangerous sort of war--between regions and even great powers. But if we accept the responsibility of organizing coalitions to fight a chronic, low-intensity war such as the one we are fighting against al-Qaeda, we make bigger conflicts less likely. Virtual states like al-Qaeda are the potential...