Word: militiaization
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...operation of unparalleled sophistication. The Afghanistan-based fugitive's statement follows a pattern of denying responsibility but praising the perpetrators that has become something of a Bin Laden signature following terror attacks attributed to him. And Tuesday's emergency press conference by his hosts - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia - expressing condolences to the U.S. and insisting on Bin Laden's innocence appeared defensive. The Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan hinted Wednesday that the movement would consider extraditing Bin Laden after weighing the evidence against him, but they made a similar promise after the 1998 East Africa embassy bombings...
...Laden remains holed up in Afghanistan, where he enjoys the protection of its ruling Taliban militia. But structures linked with Bin Laden have been identified in Yemen, Bosnia, the Philippines, even New Jersey - pockets of support have been unearthed in most places where foreign veterans of the Afghan war are to be found. Earlier this year, a New York court convicted a former Egyptian army major of doing intelligence work for Bin Laden's networks - Ali Mohammed had also been a sergeant in the U.S. Army. And the Algerians arrested last December for allegedly smuggling explosives into...
...ships and missiles uses unconventional methods to strike. The prime suspects in the latest outrage - the networks associated with Osama Bin Laden - have no fixed address or military installations of their own, much less civilian infrastructure. The fugitive Saudi terrorist financier may be sheltered by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia, but his is very much an independent operation rather than anybody's proxy...
...talking. Tiny girls in party dresses shaded themselves under umbrellas. Among them were those who, despite a concerted civic-education effort by the United Nations and aid agencies, don't yet fully understand the new order their vote will help create. At a polling center in Liquica, where a militia attack in April 1999 left hundreds dead or injured, Maria Isobel de Jesus says her family "wants only peace," but she doesn't know what a constitution is. Yet even the confusion did not stop the Timorese embracing the day?with enormous enthusiasm: early figures suggested more than...
...AFGHANISTAN Aid Workers' Trial Taliban leaders said they would hold a trial under Islamic law for eight aid workers accused of preaching Christianity, but that their fate would ultimately be decided by the militia's leader. Relatives were allowed to visit the eight foreigners, who are among 24 detained employees of the German-based charity Shelter Now International. According to a decree issued in June, the foreigners face prison terms followed by deportation. But the 16 Afghan workers face the death penalty if they are convicted of conversion from Islam...