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...foray up the Hill since Sept. 11, and his mighty poll numbers didn't prevent an intransigent Tom Daschle from slapping him around on the economic stimulus package. Now he's sent word that he'll be hanging around the home front a lot more next year, trying to slip the good war/bad economy noose that got his father. But the more he talks about things like drilling in Alaska, tax breaks for corporations, the less he looks like the leader of a noble country in a noble fight - and the more he looks like a Republican...
...stronghold's inevitable collapse before making his getaway. It's always possible that he miscalculated the speed of his enemies' advances, of course. But he's the head of an organization whose operations tend to be meticulously planned, years in advance - if bin Laden had always planned to slip away once Afghanistan became too dangerous for him, he's more likely to have implemented a carefully-laid escape plan with plenty of decoys and red herrings, than to be improvising a haphazard retreat. And he's unlikely to go to ground in the pro-Taliban villages of western Pakistan, where...
Many times since Sept. 11, I have wondered how I can navigate the moral high road when it comes to the war on terrorism. It is all too easy to slip into an attitude of vengeance. I take consolation from the fact that there are people in this world who provide a necessary balance to knee-jerk reactions, as reasonable as these reactions may seem at first. I can only pray that I may travel the path of peace, forgiveness and hope throughout these troubled times. I will fail miserably in this task without a rational and moderate religious perspective...
...after the King's address, Thaksin told reporters the monarch was speaking to the whole nation, not just him. Even before the speech, Thaksin's approval ratings were starting to slip, falling from a high of 72% in May to 52% in August, according to a poll by Bangkok's Assumption University. Pollsters said it hadn't fallen further because people don't see any alternative. That shouldn't lull Thaksin into thinking he can ignore the King's advice. Says Sem Pringpuangkaew, a Thaksin loyalist who organized the nationwide petition drive in support of the Prime Minister while...
...base for al-Qaeda. The network enjoyed luxuries like its own air-shuttle service, using the national airline Ariana to ship terrorist cargo and personnel, including Osama bin Laden's bodyguards and their families, between Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf or East Africa. Sometimes al-Qaeda agents would even slip in and out of other countries disguised as Ariana flight attendants, according to aviation sources...