Word: sudan
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...ring had a cell in Brooklyn, you wouldn’t send a bomber to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge, demolish its water treatment plan or shell residential neighborhoods in the hope that some of your ammunition might kill a few enemy operatives. The same logic should apply to Somalia, Sudan, Iraq or any other country believed to be helping or harboring terrorists...
...simply remind you that Afghanistan is far from over, and may not be for some time yet. Still, with President Bush dangling hints that Saddam Hussein will face the consequences if he doesn't allow arms inspectors back in and U.S. officials starting to mention the likes of Sudan, Yemen and Somalia, it's clear the administration is considering its next step...
...immediate "problem areas" being identified in Washington are Yemen, the Sudan and Somalia, and of those Somalia may be the prime target. Sudan, after all, previously kicked out bin Laden under pressure from the U.S. and Egypt, and its government remains eager to stay on good terms with Washington. Yemen may be bin Laden's ancestral homeland, but it's become a center of intense U.S. intelligence activity since the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. Yemen's president met with President Bush on Tuesday to reaffirm his country's commitment to fighting terrorism...
...days before, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld had offhandedly mentioned that bin Laden may have tried to sneak out of the country?possibly in a helicopter flying close to the ground and possibly into the tribal areas of Pakistan, from which he could head for a new home in Somalia, Sudan or Yemen. "They could go down one of the valleys and not be detected," Rumsfeld said. "It's not a bottle that you can cork...
...display their beauty and ornaments" and to "draw their veils." Saudi women typically don a billowy black cloak called an abaya, along with a black scarf and veil over the face; morality police enforce the dress code by striking errant women with sticks. The women of Iran and Sudan can expose the face but must cover the hair and the neck...