Word: lurked
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...basic problem is that he lacks a monopoly of force, and is looking to the international community to provide the enforcers that will give his government the muscle to function as the law of the land. But foreign reluctance to participate is based on the very real dangers that lurk in a mission that would ultimately require disarming hundreds of local and provincial warlords. After all, it's not only in isolated cases such as Gardez that the post-Taliban power arrangement threatens to break down into new fighting...
...Maybe evil has managed to persuade us that it does not exist. Evil does not have color, creed or nationality. It comes in many guises and has as its only objective the destruction of good. I implore good and wise people to be wary of the evil that may lurk not only in the caves of Tora Bora but also in the corridors of power on their own soil. ATIF RAHMAN Islamabad, Pakistan...
...only admire the energy thrown into the fight and the motivations of our activist friends. But significant pitfalls lurk in their constant pursuit of the “living wage” mirage...
...allied forces, hazards still lurk around every corner. On Friday, for the first TIME, Rumsfeld confirmed that American special-ops troops?whose role has largely been to coordinate Alliance advances and guide U.S. bombers to their targets?are now killing Taliban guerrillas and al-Qaeda operatives. "They've gone into places and met resistance and dealt with it," he said. The number of U.S. special-ops soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan rose to 300, with hundreds more headed in to hunt down the remnants of the al-Qaeda brass. Members of Britain's Elite Special Air Service regiment...
...allied forces, hazards still lurk around every corner. On Friday, for the first time, Rumsfeld confirmed that American special-ops troops--whose role has largely been to coordinate Alliance advances and guide U.S. bombers to their targets--are now killing Taliban guerrillas and al-Qaeda operatives. "They've gone into places and met resistance and dealt with it," he said. The number of U.S. special-ops soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan rose to 300, with hundreds more headed in to hunt down the remnants of the al-Qaeda brass. Members of Britain's elite Special Air Service regiment...