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...Osama bin Laden among them? It seemed possible last week. This dust-blown speck on the map became the target of frantic media interest after Pakistani intelligence leaked news to reporters that U.S. special forces were hunting for him around this area, and that members of bin Laden's family were somewhere across the border in Iran. An Afghan commander in Kandahar claimed that two of bin Laden's sons--al-Qaeda members said to keep within close range of their father--were caught sheltering with the Zehri tribe of Baluchistan and were now in the hands of U.S. interrogators...
...Shields movie.) For A Ship Made of Paper, his eighth novel, Spencer worked with different characters but similar desperations. Daniel is a New York City lawyer who flees back to Leyden, his childhood home on the Hudson River north of the city. It's a place on the literary map somewhere between Cheeverville and Updike Corners, where adultery is in the air like chimney smoke. Daniel brings with him his girlfriend Kate, a writer who has acid intelligence, a 4-year-old daughter whom Daniel adores and an accelerating problem with drink. Kate is still sober enough to realize that...
...Much of the war effort is spent programming high-tech bombs to hit targets in Iraq. Over an encrypted email system, strategists are dotting the map, marking coordinates, which are entered into a missile's guidance system using Global Positioning technology. As soon as they have their orders, some 30 ships will shower these pre-planned targets with Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, an 18 foot long weapon that carries a 1000 pound warhead. Saddam has seen these before, during the Gulf War. They seldom miss their target - something that Iraqi civilians are banking on as they brace themselves...
...road map concept is pursued, the Bush administration may be faced with some tough choices in relation to its close alliance with Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon insists that discussing the terms of Palestinian statehood, withdrawing Israeli troops from Palestinian towns and restricting settlement activity can only begin once violence has ended. That may no longer be possible if the road map is to be pursued: While it will likely take extensive account of Sharon's security concerns, a road map will also require him to sign on to timetables and specifics of Palestinian statehood and ending settlement activities...
...Whether it is pursued by suicide bombers and soldiers or by diplomats and negotiators, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fundamentally a battle for control over land. And unless the map indicates clear guidelines on how the two sides are to share the land over which they've shed so much blood, it will be a road to nowhere. The major question concerning the road map is how it will describe the endpoint of the negotiating process. President Bush in his announcement said the road map would "set forth a sequence of steps toward the goals I set out on June...