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After two decades of fighting, suspicion and betrayal are still the guiding principles for any smart operator. "No alliance ever lasts for long," explains a Dostum aide. That only underscores how difficult it will be for negotiators, who gather this week in Bonn's Hotel Petersberg, to get over years of mistrust. The U.S. proposal is for a loose central government composed of an executive council run by 10 to 20 warlords and other political personages. Such a preservation of the status quo is unlikely to bring stability, even if the Afghans accepted it. The Pashtun suspect the Northern Alliance...
...paintings, Butt’s symbol for the world shifts between the figure’s lap, head and shoulders. In one painting, its tendrils wrap around the artist, partially shielding her from falling bubbles containing words such as “doubt” and “suspicion.” In another, they protect a serene woman from the attack of three vicious birds. In a third, the plant rests on her head and sprouts words such as “identity,” “loyalty” and “humanity...
...refuse to believe that the Justice Department has no better means of investigating the attacks than blanket canvassing. This measure will be successful only in alienating and offending the Arab-American community by presuming, without any investigative efforts to determine whether such suspicion is warranted, that all Middle Eastern young men should be questioned about terrorist activities. Is the next step a letter to all Muslims...
...that their honesty will preclude sterling recommendation letters in the future. “Students think ‘I won’t look like a sturdy candidate for fellowships later,’” Dingman says. James L. Stillwell ’04 confirms this suspicion. “In all honesty, I think a senior tutor is less likely to praise an emotionally unstable person than someone who can handle, or at least appear to handle, his own problems.” Dingman disagrees. “We write about whole people. We think...
...terrorism and tried before the tribunals—including legal immigrants who are permanent residents—could potentially lose the presumption of innocence along with many other rights central to the American conception of fair play. Before this tribunal, suspected terrorists—and the standard for suspicion is significantly lowered by the order—could be denied the right to see the evidence that would be presented against them. The military tribunal would be able to convene any time and in any place, including in secret locations inside or outside the United States—a shield...