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...lesser degree, many other Arabs share this hate for Americans. It can be seen every time President Bush is burned in effigy, every time thousands of people take to the streets to support Osama bin Laden or to protest the bombing in Afghanistan. This widespread anger stems from several sources. The sanctions on Iraq since the Gulf War are seen as a crime causing the death of countless Iraqi children, who themselves bore no responsibility for Saddam Hussein’s evil actions or his refusal to trade oil for food. But whether we like it or not, America?...
...planned to provoke a ground war in Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden's September 11 terror strikes were perfectly timed. It is clear that the onset of the 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...
...signals of the past week have been decidedly mixed when it comes to determining Afghanistan's future. Although U.S. ground troops saw their first publicized combat engagements over the weekend, their objectives are limited - to gather intelligence that may help eventually capture or kill Osama Bin Laden, and to accelerate the collapse of the Taliban regime by signaling to its fighters that the fundamentalist militia is unable to protect its territory from U.S. attack. By the array of forces it has assembled around Afghanistan, it is plain that the U.S. is not planning to launch a full-blown invasion, instead...
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS Map: Hunting Osama Map: Nukes Pipeline Interactive: Taliban P.O.W. Revolt...
...Washington is concerned that the situation in the Palestinian territories is fast spinning out of control, which could imperil U.S. efforts to maintain Arab support against Osama bin Laden. More than 23 Palestinians have been killed in fierce clashes since Friday, and recent moves to restore negotiations appear to have been completely reversed by the Zeevi assassination. Arafat, meanwhile, has banned the military arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which killed Zeevi in retaliation for the assassination of its own leader, Abu Ali Mustafa, by Israel last August. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has also arrested...