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...That's a small indication of a big change. Six months ago, Afghans around Kandahar were either too loyal to the Taliban, or too scared of them, to have tipped off U.S. soldiers. Sure, bin Laden is still at large, probably hiding somewhere along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and the trail for him has gone cold. But U.S. military officers, Afghan officials and even several ex-Taliban commanders say that the Taliban itself is on the run. "The Taliban is a force in decline," says Major General Eric Olson, who conducted the U.S. military's counter-insurgency battle in Afghanistan...
...Under pressure, the Taliban leadership is beginning to split. Omar and a band of 10 loyal commanders still conduct military operations-but only from a distance, according to coalition officials. One Afghan official who acts as liaison with U.S. Special Forces says that Omar was spotted two months ago in Karachi, more than 800 km away from the Afghan field of battle, though Abdul Latif Hakimi, a Taliban spokesman, denies the report. "I've seen Mullah Omar many times, always in Afghanistan" Hakimi told TIME. If so, nobody told the Taliban fighter chatting recently on a radio monitored by coalition...
...million when Dean took over as chairman. He donated $250,000 to the recount effort of Christine Gregoire, who eventually won a very close Governor's race in Washington. Venturing into local politics, he will probably endorse Antonio Villaraigosa in a runoff election for mayor in L.A., choosing a loyal supporter over incumbent James Hahn. "He gets to travel and gets to pick up IOUs," says former party chairman Steve Grossman, a Boston fund raiser who served as Dean's campaign chairman...
...says he is best-known among his small but loyal group of returning customers for the quality work that sets his business apart...
Nevertheless, Wolfowitz is a terrible choice. His expertise is not in development economics and he has shown a general knack for perturbing other countries, a skill that can only hurt the World Bank’s mission. The only thing going for him is that he is a loyal Bush supporter, which, of course, is just the thing we need in an international...