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...goggles and breathing devices, to operate in this underground labyrinth, and U.S. bombers have pounded the network. But U.S. troops could face fearsome resistance once they actually venture down there. A former mujahedin commander based in Kandahar told TIME that one possible target would be a mountain complex in southwestern Afghanistan, built by bin Laden as an al-Qaeda base because of its proximity to the Pakistani border. The camp is nestled in a canyon lined with gunners--reportedly Sudanese--who are fiercely loyal to bin Laden. "The Americans are crazy to go in there," says the Afghan...
Chances are you've probably never flown Mesa Airlines, the 24th largest carrier in the country. But the Phoenix-based airline, which flies mostly throughout the southwestern U.S., is the first - and so far only - U.S. carrier to put trained security personnel on board its flights. "We're small, but we're setting a national example," says Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein. "All airlines should be doing this...
...terrorism should be linked to a peace settlement between Palestinians and Israel. That, he said, would shorten the campaign against terrorism to three years instead of 10. The prince admitted, however, that many Saudis had gone off to the other side. The Shehhi tribe of the impoverished southwestern province of Asir had provided some of the 10,000 fighters in the Afghan war against the Soviets. Many remained to fight alongside Osama bin Laden, who is virulently opposed to U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia. Variants of the name al-Shehhi are readily evident among the Sept. 11 hijackers...
...Senate intelligence committee, says there is "some evidence" that Saddam was involved, evidence that is "credible enough that you can't take Iraq off the list." U.S. intelligence sources tell TIME that, so far, the case against Saddam is vague and thin--a few intelligence reports from southwestern Asia have suggested an Iraqi role in training last week's terrorists--and not strong enough to put Iraq on the target list for immediate retaliation. Yet even if Saddam was involved, changing the Iraqi regime to one more aligned with Western interests would be a tall order. Defense Department sources tell...
Growing up in a small town in southwestern Washington state, Kurt had never missed an episode of “Saturday Night Live,” and had bragged to his friends in junior high school that one day he’d be a star...