Word: talibanã
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...teachings of the Koran are incompatible with acts of terrorism. But Pakistani officials report that 8,000 volunteers have gathered near the Afghan border to enlist in the Taliban??s jihad against America...
...response to these atrocities was meager, if it existed at all. And the probability of the U.S. responding to similar events in the future seems faint and unlikely. For we remember that the Taliban??which now must be destroyed to bring peace to the world and dignity to the suffering people of Afghanistan—was, but a month ago, far from administrators’ minds. We remember that Bush campaigned on an explicit platform of not venturing into foreign lands to spread and protect the values that Americans hold dear...
...guest of honor. Not only has the Taliban allowed bin Laden to train new recruits and plot anti-American attacks from his Afghan strongholds, they have defiantly stonewalled international efforts to bring bin Laden to justice in the wake of last month’s atrocities. And, given the Taliban??s history of violence and deceit, there is no reason to believe that their future policies will prove more conducive to our security. Neither our national interests nor the lives of our citizens will be safe until the Taliban??s rule of oppression, hatred and terror...
...targeted at the terrorist camps of al Qaeda and the military infrastructure of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime, is still in its infancy. We know little about our nation’s military strategy. Some have suggested that these initial air strikes are designed to weaken the Taliban??s power bases and minimize its ability to resist, preparing the way for future ground efforts against the terrorists, who have almost certainly burrowed into protective positions in Afghanistan’s rugged terrain. But at this stage, we neither know the exact effect of our opening volley...
...this kind of attack, whether or not they can be shown to have been involved in this attack, must pay an exorbitant price.” It is very simple. Every regime has a vested interest in its own survival. When America and her allies demonstrate that the Taliban??s tolerance for terror is incompatible with self-preservation, people like Osama bin Laden will become international hot potatoes so dangerous that no government will dare shelter them. And if some benighted tyrant tests the resolve of the civilized world, we will not rest until he is brought...