Word: tribalized
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...According to Khaksar, the reason the U.S. hadn't been able to find Mullah Omar so far is that it has been relying on "liars" and tribal chieftains who were using U.S. firepower to wreak revenge on their ancient enemies. (Khaksar's brother-in-law is Mullah Salaam, one of Omar's closest advisers; indeed, Salaam may be on the run with Omar.) What does Khaksar want for his hoard of information? Safe passage for his family to a location of his choice. Not Pakistan, he says - too dangerous and too full of ex-Taliban and ISI agents who want...
Marine General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, insists that the U.S. "will continue to work with each of the tribal leaders to get to the point where the things that we are doing in Afghanistan alongside them are good for both the U.S. and Afghanistan." But he concedes that all of Afghanistan is a battlefield. And, he said, "the battlefield will continue to be fluid...
...Former Afghan King Zahir Shah calls a loya jirga - a meeting of up to 3,000 Afghan tribal chiefs - to elect a transitional government...
...Saifullah had been chosen to lead the region by the local shura, or council of tribal elders, while the government in Kabul picked Zadran. Kabul's man accused his rivals of being Taliban and al Qaeda sympathizers, a charge they strongly deny. Tensions reached a boiling point last December after U.S. warplanes destroyed a convoy they claimed was carrying al Qaeda fighters, but which local elders insist was carrying tribal leaders to Kabul for Karzai's inauguration. Saifullah supporters accuse Zadran of having deliberately misinformed the U.S. about the nature of the convoy, in order to have his rivals eliminated...
...Marine General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, insists that the U.S. "will continue to work with each of the tribal leaders to get to the point where the things that we are doing in Afghanistan alongside them are good for both the U.S. and Afghanistan." But he concedes that all of Afghanistan is a battlefield. And, he said, "the battlefield will continue to be fluid...