Word: puppeteered
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...could nurture existing threats. Almost everyone interviewed cited one reason or more that fighting could start again: if promises go unfulfilled, if more civilians are killed like those who died in nearby Deh Rawod when American planes bombed a wedding party in July, if Karzai acts like an American puppet, if Islamic law is not part of the new constitution, if there is a crackdown on poppy farming. With soldiering still the most viable career option, these men will be available when someone?anyone?comes looking for muscle...
...claims he was arrested and imprisoned in Tirin Kot but later released. "We live alone or in groups of two because if there are more, the government will think we are plotting something." They are clearly distressed by the new government, which they see as an un-Islamic, American puppet regime, and appalled by the return of movies and music to Afghan streets. Furthermore, Esmatullah says, "We hear on the radio that Americans are calling the Koran the book of terrorism. If this is true, there will be another holy...
...volatile Jörg Haider has always regarded his far-right Freedom Party as a kind of personal possession. It's natural, then, that he should have triggered its near demise. In a dizzying two weeks, the self-styled puppet master of Austrian politics split with his party's top government ministers, broke up the ruling coalition, announced his intention to seek a return to the leadership in early elections expected in November - and then abruptly changed his mind. Appearing last week on Austrian TV, Haider claimed he had been approached and threatened outside a restaurant in Klagenfurt. Invoking...
...could nurture existing threats. Almost everyone interviewed cited one reason or more that fighting could start again: if promises go unfulfilled, if more civilians are killed like those who died in nearby Deh Rawod when American planes bombed a wedding party in July, if Karzai acts like an American puppet, if Islamic law is not part of the new constitution, if there is a crackdown on poppy farming. With soldiering still the most viable career option, these men will be available when someone-anyone-comes looking for muscle...
...claims he was arrested and imprisoned in Tirin Kot but later released. "We live alone or in groups of two because if there are more, the government will think we are plotting something." They are clearly distressed by the new government, which they see as an un-Islamic, American puppet regime, and appalled by the return of movies and music to Afghan streets. Furthermore, Esmatullah says, "We hear on the radio that Americans are calling the Koran the book of terrorism. If this is true, there will be another holy...