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...Khrum, earlier, the Taliban had stage-managed three small but noisy demonstrations by school children. Led by their teachers and some village elders, the boys shouted anti-U.S. and pro-Taliban slogans and vowed to wage jihad for the glory of Islam and defense of Afghanistan. Pakistan's military leader, General Pervez Musharraf, was also a target of their ire for helping the U.S. attack Afghanistan. In fact, some of the villagers in Khrum and in roadside bazaars along the way made no secret at their displeasure over the presence of Pakistani journalists in our group. Earlier, aggrieved Khrum...
High-Altitude Planes --The Air Force's U-2 uses cameras and radar to photograph smaller areas than a satellite can manage...
WHAT THEY CAN'T DO: The photos from U-2s are not as sharp as a drone's; vulnerable to long-range missiles...
...temporary work spaces, non-U.S. firms such as Germany's Dresdner Bank and Royal Bank of Canada also contracted with Comdisco, cramming employees into its Queens facility, which had been outfitted with computers and IT support. Lehman Bros. moved hundreds of workers to its office in Jersey City, N.J., and rented 665 rooms at a Sheraton Manhattan hotel for 1,500 bankers and analysts, carting in fax machines, computers, copiers and desks...
...Years Ago In TIME If the U. S. decides to attack Afghanistan, it won't be the first so-called superpower to test its might against the country. Partly threatened by the growth of Islamic fundamentalists in Central Asia, the Soviet Union invaded in 1980 with an estimated 50,000 soldiers, provoking the censure of the West?and the rage of the Muslim world...