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...tend to assume the worst and stay home. He acknowledges the feds may not be able to do that. But he's trying to heighten security no more than he has to, protecting potential targets like the airport, skyscrapers and the water supply without forcing everyone to walk through metal detectors to get into the park...
...have the right idea. The dust is everywhere. It’s ingrained in the sidewalks and the walls of the nearby businesses, many of which have reopened only within the past week. But it’s also in the air, and thick. Microscopic bits of concrete and metal and paper and presumably people swirl with every breath. It’s acrid for blocks in every direction...
BETTER SCREENING Metal detectors, baggage scanners and optical turnstiles that check I.D. cards can all be used to give visitors a final...
...This former army base next to the Bagram airfield 50 km north of Kabul is a tiny slice of Stalingrad, circa 1942. Beyond the gates there's scarcely a building intact?just broken walls, smashed stonework, and ground littered with spent shell casings and twisted metal. Allah Mahmad exaggerates a bit when he says his men are holding the 40th Division base. For the past two years his platoon has been hanging on to about 100 sq m of ground inside the gate. Two small buildings still have roofs and their dark, fetid rooms serve as living quarters. There...
...famous. But there were few people. Bombing has been heavy here, forcing residents to either hole up or flee. The large middle-class neighborhood where Omar had his residence and headquarters looked and felt like a ghost town. The streets were empty. All the houses were locked, some with metal chains. "Anybody who can afford to is leaving," said an attendant at a roadside food kiosk. "The people you find here are have-nots or those who still feel it necessary to look after their business in Kandahar." Why was he still here? "I have no place...