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...disappeared on Aug. 13 after police captured bin Laden's former chauffeur, who had borrowed the religious leader's car, according to police. The Arab driver was allegedly involved in the Independence Day rocket plot. "This is significant," says one Washington official. "Pakistan's engagement in the war on terror is all the more visible with these detentions." The crackdown, which began in earnest in August, has enraged the deeply conservative, Islamic sector of Pakistani society...
...Presence BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko announced a referendum on a constitutional amendment to allow him to run for a third term. Elected in 1994, Lukashenko won a referendum in 1996 to extend his initial five-year term by two years; Western observers criticized his 2001 re-election as unfair. Terror Continuum INDONESIA A suspected suicide car bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta killed nine Indonesians and injured 182. Police said the attack bore the hallmarks of Jemaah Islamiah, a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda. Australian Prime Minister John Howard has been a staunch ally...
...allies. "The more I look at those leaders who come to see me--and I look them in the eye and say, 'We're not wavering, and I expect you to be with us'--the more likely it is that we're going to rub terror out, and the more likely it is that the coalitions stay intact," Bush said in 2001. "I'm not going to relent. People may get tired of all this, but I'm not going to. Because I understand--I truly understand the call...
BUSH His service was honorable, as far as I'm concerned. This debate ought to be about who can lead the war on terror. And that's where I'll conduct it. Look, I know there's a lot of consternation about 527s [groups outside the political parties that can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections]. I share the same consternation. When I signed that [campaign-finance-reform] bill, I thought we got rid of this kind of stuff--unregulated soft money, billionaires pouring money into a campaign. I can understand why Senator Kerry is upset with...
Subtract the war on terror, including Iraq, and the Bush presidency looks small indeed. Buying short-term prosperity by goosing the economy with heavy borrowing is no trick at all, yet it's not clear that Bush has pulled off even this (except the borrowing). His party has controlled Congress for most of his term. Aside from the traditional Republican wealth-friendly tax cut, can you name a single major successful legislative initiative? O.K., prescription drugs for seniors. Starting in 2006. If it works, which many experts doubt...