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...little chance of winning that argument. Many rural Afghans will believe anything the Taliban tells them about the U.S.--including last week's accusation that American planes were dropping chemical weapons. The only way for the U.S. to counter such claims may be to slow the aerial campaign and avoid borderline targets altogether. The U.S. destroys about 1% of an enemy force for each day of bombing; by that yardstick, there remain many Taliban targets to hit--if the pilots can find them. But the targets' mobility, invisibility and dwindling numbers mean they can't be destroyed at once...
...began a mission with stops in Russia, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to defend the war and buck up support among coalition partners. On the agenda in Uzbekistan will be an expanded U.S. use of bases there as America begins to contemplate something it very much wishes to avoid: inserting a substantial ground force into the region...
...Muslim communities of Europe, around which they travel with ease. And there is a growing sense that a number of them are "Takfiris," followers of an extremist Islamic ideology called Takfir wal Hijra (Anathema and Exile). That's bad news: by blending into host communities, Takfiris attempt to avoid suspicion. A French official says they come across as "regular, fun-loving guys-but they'd slit your throat or bomb your building in a second...
There are rules, though. Tutors are told they should try to avoid talking about their kids’ criminal histories and personal experiences. There is also a “no touch” policy. While handshakes are discouraged, hugs are absolutely prohibited. But despite the restrictions on interactions, the Harvard students inevitably gain a sense of the kids they tutor—close in age but in a far different position...
...Times of India questioned the assumption that combining bombing with food aid would avoid alienating ordinary Afghans from America. And the fact that the bombing has not thus far yielded much by way of success against terrorism leads the writer to ask whether Americans remember General Omar Bradley's Senate testimony on General MacArthur's proposal to carry the Korean war into China: "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong enemy...