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Embarrassment over the failure to catch bin Laden has added to rising tension between the Pentagon and the CIA, whose seamless cooperation was critical to the rout of the Taliban. Both agencies are responsible for gathering intelligence, but some military officials suggest that CIA agents charged with finding America's chief enemy are distracted by the tasks of rebuilding Afghanistan--like settling disputes between rival Afghan warlords. "There has been a lot of mission creep over there," says a senior military officer. In response, a U.S. intelligence official says, "There has been no ratcheting back. Whoever is telling you that...
...authorities working with American counterparts staged one of the most successful counter-terrorism operations since Sept. 11. And besides preventing a possibly deadly al Qaeda attack, the police work revealed important - and disturbing - insights into how Osama bin Laden's operatives are regrouping for new terror operations despite their rout in Afghanistan. Moroccan sources describe the suspects as killers hardened by battles in Afghanistan, who were nonetheless capable of shaving off their beards and melting into the local scene. They came across as such decent young men that one recent Moroccan acquaintance protested their innocence to police saying...
...very next day, eight different players scored for the Crimson in an 11-2 rout of California that snapped a two-game home losing skid...
...That's an understatement. The U.S.'s 3-2 rout of fifth-ranked Portugal rated up there among David-and-Goliath World Cup upsets. Certainly, 20-year-old Donovan was amazed: "We were confident going into the game, but 3-2? In my wildest dreams, I wouldn't have imagined such an outcome. If the coach had told me that score, I would have just laughed and told him to quit joking...
...minority in Gujarat state, Muslims make up only about 13 percent of the population, and the rioting has turned into a Hindu rout of the Muslim minority. While the rioting in Ayodhya, a city in Gujarat, was originally in reaction to the death of the 57 Hindus on the train, most of the violence has led exclusively to large numbers of Muslim deaths. Whole families have perished, homes have been destroyed and businesses vandalized and looted. Even as the violence has been suppressed by the government, as many as 30,000 Muslims are displaced and too frightened to return...