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...main road toward a side door into Iran. It's strictly Smugglers Only. According to traders at Koh-i-Taftan, getting through it requires hiring an adam farosh--a smuggler who has the connections to bribe an Iranian border guard. Sultan Mohammed, 24, a shopkeeper, says, "Many Arabs left Pakistan for Iran from this point. Sometimes, once or twice a week, you'll see a lone Arab being escorted into Iran." Knowing the Americans are looking for Arabs, the Iranian border guards charge them extra for the crossing--about $120. For Pakistanis and Afghans...
...police chiefs traveled to Israel to swap intelligence. The talks "impressed on me the absolute necessity for the public's participation in reporting suspicious activity and events," says FBI Assistant Director Van Harp, head of the Washington field office. He and other top bureau hands have been meeting with Arab, Muslim and Sikh leaders to solicit tips about potential suspects in emigre communities--and to promise that hate crimes against their communities will be aggressively pursued...
...road to Baghdad may be long and difficult, while Iraqi officers watching in the capital may have sensed vulnerability among the advancing coalition forces. U.S. military planners began speaking Monday of the possibility of destroying Saddam's broadcast system. But bad news from the battlefield on U.S. and Arab TV may also have a significant effect on the conflict...
...After all, the predominantly Shiite population of Iraq's third largest city had led the 1991 revolt against Saddam, and a whole Iraqi division deployed to defend it had surrendered. The spectacle of coalition forces being welcomed without a fight would certainly have helped PR efforts to counter mounting Arab and Muslim hostility to the war. Instead, resistance at Basra continues, possibly with the aid of Special Republican Guard Units deployed there against expectations. And the International Committee of the Red Cross reports that the city is running out of fresh drinking water, suggesting that if it is not taken...
...latest round of bombing is likely to inflame the unprecedented hostility the war has ignited among even relatively moderate quarters in the Arab world. Fierce clashes on the streets of Egypt and Yemen in the past two days have served as a reminder of the strains the war has put on Arab governments allied with Washington. Still, the danger of civilian casualties increases exponentially if coalition armies are forced to wrest control of Baghdad from determined defenders, and U.S. commanders are hoping that the combination of heavy air bombardment of the regime's power centers and the rapid drive...