Word: mullah
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...that India halt its soldiers at their assembly points instead of transporting them to the front lines; late last week New Delhi announced it would do just that. For Washington, which still needs Pakistan's assistance in hunting down al-Qaeda's Osama bin Laden and the Taliban's Mullah Mohammed Omar, the stakes are enormous. "A war between India and Pakistan would make the conflict in Afghanistan an afterthought," says Hathaway. "You could kiss goodbye any hopes for capturing Osama bin Laden...
...necessary to fight fire with fire and to fight reason with reason. So when Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban leader, stated, "The real matter is the extinction of America, and God willing, it will fall to the ground," I was amazed that some Americans still proposed that an in-depth analysis of U.S. foreign policy was the way to change the contemptuous feelings of these fanatics. Wake up! The countries that resent our foreign policy should stop accepting U.S. financial aid. MARISSA DAVIDSON Covington...
...there a reward for the capture of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar? No one seems quite sure. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced on Dec. 13 that Washington planned to offer $10 million for Omar's capture, to go along with the $25 million dangled for nabbing Osama bin Laden. But Rumsfeld didn't consult ahead of time with the State Department--which runs the rewards program and decides which evildoers warrant a price tag on their head--and a reward had not been approved. It still hasn't. "You just can't create these rewards on your own," says...
...that India halt its soldiers at their assembly points instead of transporting them to the front lines; late last week New Delhi announced it would do just that. For Washington, which still needs Pakistan's assistance in hunting down al-Qaeda's Osama bin Laden and the Taliban's Mullah Mohammed Omar, the stakes are enormous. "A war between India and Pakistan would make the conflict in Afghanistan an afterthought," says Hathaway. "You could kiss goodbye any hopes for capturing Osama bin Laden...
...suspicions were confirmed - there is no hurry at all for Mullah Omar to be found, if indeed he is lost at all. Though the Coalition forces champ at the bit, the Afghans who hold the answers do not want to enter the race. To an Afghan his family comes first, then his tribe, then his "nation" or ethnic grouping, then the country and all Muslim brothers. In the Pashtun south, where Omar is likely hiding, there are time honored and complex ways of resolving disputes, none of which involve giving an Afghan Muslim to foreign infidels. As Kandahar government secretary...