Word: ruthless
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...illusions that it would be easy to muster a huge coalition to fight a ruthless enemy in an unforgiving land. And as Bush returned from the Shanghai summit late Sunday night, Oct. 21, there were victories to celebrate: he had toured the gray areas of this new war and collected promises of cooperation from China and prospects of a breakthrough on missile defense with Russia. But when he got back, the war at home had taken an ugly turn...
...during which roughly 200 of his men were captured and an undetermined number killed. But U.S. jets had since started bombing Taliban positions and munitions in and around Mazar-i-Sharif. And this time, Atta would be accompanied by the forces of General Rashid Dostum, the notorious and ruthless Uzbek warlord who was being advised by U.S. military strategists. From his hillside camp overlooking the barren plains between him and his target, Atta forecast nothing less than annihilation for the Taliban: "We'll kill them...
...addition to the ruthless nature of al-Qaeda's soldiers, investigators now also appreciate just how extensive are its tentacles. In mid-October, for example, nato forces in Bosnia foiled a plot to attack U.S. and British targets there. Bensayah Belkacem, an Algerian thought to be at the center of a Bosnia-based terror group, had the number of Abu Zubaydah on a chit of paper in his apartment. On Oct. 28, Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist group in the Philippines that authorities believe has been supported in the past by al-Qaeda, bombed a food market, killing six people...
...matter, however, European investigators are clear: there is something truly ruthless about the suspected terrorists they are finding. After six Algerians were picked up in Spain in September, police found videotapes in the apartment of one of the men. One tape showed four Algerian soldiers, with their throats cut, dying in a burning jeep...
...YOUNG AND RUTHLESS...