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...First, the cold war lasted a long time?more than 40 years. So will the war against terrorism. It will not end with the head of Osama bin Laden on a platter, but with the recognition from even the most embittered that this form of political statement is not worth the price. That could easily take decades, meaning that this effort must be sustained even as governments rise and fall...
...WORLD No Quick Fix As American and British forces continued a military buildup around Afghanistan, the war against terrorism broadened across several fronts - from high finance and diplomacy to the shadowy world of espionage and psychological warfare. The immediate aim was to pinpoint the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, Washington's prime suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks. His presumed protectors, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, played for time by issuing a clerical edict urging the al-Qaeda leader to flee. But their refusal to hand him over, despite last-minute representations by Pakistan, made stronger international action all but inevitable...
...death blow to one European terror network. Rounding off a series of raids that began in Belgium and the Netherlands following the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., Spanish police last week arrested six members of a multicell network plotting against American targets in Europe at the behest of Osama bin Laden...
...have ever spent much time in the American Southwest, particularly the mesa-speckled border between New Mexico and Arizona, land which sits at roughly the same latitude as Afghanistan, you will have a sense of the terrain where the U.S. is now furiously searching for Osama bin Laden. The hills around Kabul, an area where bin Laden may be hiding, sit at nearly the same latitude as Phoenix, Ariz., though Kabul's elevation makes it colder, clearer and more exhausting to visit. At night this time of year, temperatures can fall into the 30s. During the day, the clear skies...
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS Map: Hunting Osama Map: Nukes Pipeline Interactive: Taliban P.O.W. Revolt...