Word: osama
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this is good news for the U.S. and bad news for Osama bin Laden and his men. The Arab, Pakistani and Chechen volunteers he brought to Afghanistan are mounting last stands, because unlike the Taliban's indigenous fighters, these "tourists" can't switch sides. But they're surrounded with little hope of relief, and the moment of "martyrdom" draws near for most. And if bin Laden's survival had depended on the Taliban's, their collapse may well presage...
...civil war that killed some 50,000 Afghanis. But by then the U.S. was no longer interested in Afghanistan. It paid little attention, too, when its longtime regional ally, Pakistan, organized the Taliban takeover in the hope of ending the civil war on Pakistan-friendly terms. Nor when Osama bin Laden, star fundraiser and organizer of the Arab volunteers who had fought alongside the mujahedeen returned to Afghanistan and quickly forged a close alliance with the Taliban. Indeed, Afghanistan only reemerged on America's national security priority list after Bin Laden's 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa...
...Afghanis have a hard time believing that this is not a war against them, especially as bombs shower their villages. Try telling Shaida Ahmed, 14, that the bomb that killed her mother was meant for Osama bin Laden. The Times of London reported that U.S. planes bombed Shaida’s village on the evening of Oct. 22, killing 17, presumably by mistake. Villagers of Chowker Karez claim that neither the Taliban nor bin Laden has any association with their village—a claim that human rights investigators have verified...
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS Map: Hunting Osama Map: Nukes Pipeline Interactive: Taliban P.O.W. Revolt...
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS Map: Hunting Osama Map: Nukes Pipeline Interactive: Taliban P.O.W. Revolt...