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...patient, nuanced, two-front war in which humanitarian aid will be used to balm the anger of the Islamic world. As the U.S. gears up to wage war from as many as a dozen staging areas in Central Asia, it is also working on four other continents to mount a coalition to isolate the terrorists politically and economically...
...Ariel Sharon. Sharon fought tooth-and-nail against Oslo's land-for-peace trade, and believes Israel's survival depends on holding much of the land it currently occupies in the West Bank. And it was to underline his rejection of sharing Jerusalem that he marched up the Temple Mount with a thousand police and troops just over a year ago, setting off protests that Palestinian leaders quickly turned into the current intifada...
...Huskies could not mount much more than an occasional counterattack in the second half. When they did, the Crimson backfield of seniors Katie Turck, Sarah Luskin, junior Katie Scott and Hussey—who stepped up to replace injured senior Natalia Berry—promptly shut them down...
...Pakistan, with its military rule, mounting domestic Islamist challenge and long history of intimacy with the Taliban regime, faces the toughest challenge. The backlash there will mount rather than diminish as the bombing continues and refugees flood across from Afghanistan. And Pakistan will soon find itself scrambling to find a new proxy in Kabul to compete with the Russian-backed Northern Alliance for influence in a post-Taliban Afghanistan. General Musharraf's recent reshuffle of his generals suggests he's also on the lookout for any backlash from within the military. The U.S., too, will keep close watch, knowing that...
...10th have been deployed to mount search and rescue missions for pilots downed over Afghanistan. And also to establish a precedent, get them on the ground in Uzbekistan even if they don't have any mission, because you have to get them in early if at all - it's a lot easier to get them in there before the shooting starts than after. And they'll also be used in conjunction with special forces if Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts can be established - their role would be to establish a perimeter around the theater of operations to prevent...