Word: nato
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...Serbian province of Kosovo, whose 2 million people are predominantly ethnic Albanians and want independence, has been administered as a U.N. protectorate since NATO's 78-day bombing campaign forced Serbian withdrawal in 1999. Now, U.N.'s special envoy Marti Ahtisaari has proposed de facto independence under European Union supervision for Kosovo, with a view to subsequently integrating both it and Serbia into the EU. Ahtisaari's plan is backed by the U.S. and NATO countries, but Russia strongly objects to what it describes as a dangerous precedent for separatists elsewhere. And as an historical ally of Serbia, Russia cannot...
...celebration, like so many in this grinding global conflict with the jihadists, was short-lived. NATO's press release went out of its way to say that Dadullah "will most certainly be replaced in time." It didn't take that long: four days after the strike, the Taliban's leader, Mullah Omar, announced that Dadullah would be succeeded by his brother. Dadullah was uniquely abhorrent, a one-legged mastermind of suicide bombings and beheadings who had earned the nickname Afghanistan's Zarqawi. But his death won't likely damage the Taliban any more than Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's liquidation...
...instead. But that's a misguided strategy. The raid on Dadullah took place in the same area where a U.S. air strike had killed at least 21 Afghan civilians earlier in the week. Since the beginning of March, more than 130 Afghan civilians have been killed by U.S. and NATO forces. Even among those predisposed to support the West, the mounting loss of life is engendering anger that undermines any gains that might come from killing enemies such as Dadullah. In the end, draining the appeal of the insurgency will require not more troops but more money, patience and restraint...
...major setback for the Taliban, which has been fighting to regain power, its lead military commander, Mullah Dadullah, was fatally shot in a joint operation by U.S., NATO and Afghan forces. He is the third top Taliban leader to be killed in the past six months...
...precise details of his death remain unclear. NATO said he was killed during U.S.-led operations when he "left his sanctuary into southern Afghanistan." Intelligence officials said he was killed in the southern province of Helmand. But it remained uncertain whether Dadullah had been killed by an air strike or in ground combat, Western military officials said...