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...harsh Afghan winter and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan create formidable political-military obstacles to the pursuit of American goals, particularly against the backdrop of the complex and even contradictory political objectives guiding the military action. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday called on the Northern Alliance to begin advancing on Kabul, with the objective not of capturing the city but of "investing" it - a military term for laying siege that required translation to a lay audience. U.S. aircraft echoed the call by bombing the Taliban frontline to the north of Kabul, Monday, although so lightly...
...assembled around Afghanistan, it is plain that the U.S. is not planning to launch a full-blown invasion, instead focusing on expanded special operations of the type seen around Kandahar over the weekend. The infantry, in any ground war against the Taliban, remain the troops of the opposition Northern Alliance...
...Harvard men’s water polo team entered this weekend looking to solidify a place in the upper echelon of the Northern Division after an impressive 5-0 showing last weekend at the Claremont Invitational...
...Saturday afternoon, the Crimson traveled to Providence to take on No. 13 Queens College, which had been undefeated in Northern Division play. Queens quickly rebounded from two early Harvard goals to tie the score, and the game remained close through the third quarter. Two counterattack goals by the Knights early in the fourth, though, put them up 8-6 and forced the Crimson to call a timeout. With five minutes remaining, junior Theo Ludwick, aware that the Knight goalie had been cheating to one side all game, faked to that side and then slid the ball into the other side...
...will be played in a small pool that will benefit the more physical Minutemen. Then, this weekend, Harvard hosts the ECAC Championships, giving it a chance to see some Southern Division teams in action. The real test for the Crimson, though, comes the next weekend with the Northern Division Championships at Brown, where the Crimson will need to place in the top four teams to qualify for Easterns. The team, however, isn’t worried...