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...Some in Northern Ireland remain worried that the size and method of the arms disposal remain shrouded in secrecy, which De Chastelain says is needed to continue the process. Gina Murray, whose 13-year-old daughter was killed by an I.R.A. bomb exactly eight years before decommissioning, is not alone in having doubts. "I think I have to see it to believe it," she said. But O?Dowd says the actions solved the republican movement?s problems in the U.S. at a stroke. At home, the peace process is revived, but some of its deepest problems haven?t been resolved...
...making history, its enemies were repeating it. Hours after De Chastelain?s report was released, Protestant paramilitaries continued their attacks on Catholic homes. The weapons of choice, pipe bombs built from parts in any hardware shop, are too easy to make for them ever to be effectively decommissioned. For Northern Ireland, it was a sober reminder that taking away arms may not remove the will to kill...
...Continuity I.R.A., said it was "the ultimate act of betrayal." Adams conceded that some of his supporters were in tears. For them, the decommissioning of I.R.A. weapons came as a bitter pill in the often painful business of making peace. But there was no question that it pushed Northern Ireland that much closer to a cure...
...faded. Dreams of a hit-and-run war gave way to the reality of a long twilight struggle that seems sure to drag into the Afghan winter. After more than 3,000 American bombs, the Taliban still has plenty of fight left in it; Taliban troops have thwarted a Northern Alliance offensive at Mazar-i-Sharif; civilian deaths are climbing; and many coalition partners--most crucially Pakistan--have grown impatient...
...Take Some Time American air power can do plenty of damage, but Afghan experts say the Taliban's morale won't crack until it suffers heavy battlefield losses. So long as the U.S. limits its ground operations to commando raids, the job of inflicting those casualties lies with the Northern Alliance. Alliance commanders have provided their strategy for toppling the regime to anyone who will listen: once American bombs softened Taliban forces, the Alliance planned to make its move into the key northern outposts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Kunduz and Taliqan, cutting a swath through the heart of Taliban country...