Word: tribalized
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...Number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri has been surrounded and that his boss can't be far behind. Pakistani officials began to backpedal on some of those claims, Friday, conceding that it was based simply on the intensity of the resistance they're encountering on their sweep through a tribal area in the hunt for al-Qaeda fugitives. Still, the head of France's military announced on Monday that Osama bin Laden had more than once in recent weeks narrowly escaped from French troops fighting in a new U.S.-led offensive aimed at snaring the al-Qaeda leader. The U.S. military...
...with broader representation than the current lineup commands. But neither of those arrangements, if managed unilaterally by the U.S., would look more legitimate to Iraqis than the current council, which is broadly dismissed as nothing but a U.S. proxy. Another option bandied about is a grand conference of religious, tribal and ethnic leaders modeled on Afghanistan's loya jirga, which would pick an interim government. But, asks a frustrated State Department official involved in the planning, who would select the loya jirga delegates? The U.N. has tentatively floated the idea of giving a group of technocrats limited caretaker authority until...
...beneath the chandelier in the main atrium or on the walkways of the garden is replaced by a coarse neo-Hobbesian code applicable only to those donning the uniform blues. Though clearly defined social distinctions exist within the group, an unwavering loathing of those not belonging to their Baltic tribal clique transcends all barriers. The Muslims hate the Christians and vice-versa, thanks to generations of ethnic and religious warfare, and no one seemed to like Benny very much. But if an outsider dare slight just one—even Benny—the dogs will be nipping at your...
...fleeing back across the border after a failed attack. After the U.S. confronted Pakistani officials with the photographs, signs of visible Pakistani aid to the rebels ceased. U.S. and Afghan officials say the U.S. has also provided Islamabad with specific locations of two dozen suspected Taliban hideouts in the tribal badlands. But so far no fugitives have been arrested...
KARZAI: The tribal linkages have been there for ages. Tribalism is a very good thing as long as you act as a tribal chief, but it's a horrible thing if you turn it into a government function. The reason the Taliban came to Kandahar was because government posts were divided on a tribal basis, and that's what I'm going to end. All over the country, this should stop...