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...Maybe they were just trying to rake in some pocket money from visas, $30 apiece, before the Pakistanis closed down the consulate. Or was it a trap? Did they think that our presence might make the Pentagon hesitate before bombing Kandahar? If so, it was a bad guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting for the Taliban | 11/23/2001 | See Source »

...trap. As soon as Haq crossed over the mountains on horseback into Logar province, he was tailed by Taliban operatives who captured him on Oct. 21 and, after hours of interrogation, shot him and two of his comrades. Six of Haq's men are still under arrest, along with 20 other supporters--dousing U.S. and Pakistani hopes of an uprising among the country's Pashtun tribesmen. Haq's execution, says a foreign diplomat in Islamabad, "will make any tribal chieftain hesitate before turning against the Taliban." Ahmadullah couldn't hide his glee. In a satellite-telephone interview with a Peshawar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taliban Spies: In The Cross Hairs | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...Remember the Time.” This new direction has its downsides; in a few numbers his voice sounds wire-thin and lacks richness. For the most part, however, Jackson’s new voice is welcome; it uproots the superstar from the trap of the past and propels him firmly to a seat in the future...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The King of Pop Returns | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

...there concerns that allowing the Northern Alliance an easy passage into the city could be a Taliban trap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Taliban Leaving Mazar-i-Sharif? | 11/7/2001 | See Source »

...Bears played smart hockey in upsetting the Crimson, clogging the defensive zone area close to the goal and daring Harvard to break through. And the overzealous Crimson fell right into the trap...

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: EA Sports: M. Hockey Shows Great Potential | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

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