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...this is good news for the U.S. and bad news for Osama bin Laden and his men. The Arab, Pakistani and Chechen volunteers he brought to Afghanistan are mounting last stands, because unlike the Taliban's indigenous fighters, these "tourists" can't switch sides. But they're surrounded with little hope of relief, and the moment of "martyrdom" draws near for most. And if bin Laden's survival had depended on the Taliban's, their collapse may well presage...
...civil war that killed some 50,000 Afghanis. But by then the U.S. was no longer interested in Afghanistan. It paid little attention, too, when its longtime regional ally, Pakistan, organized the Taliban takeover in the hope of ending the civil war on Pakistan-friendly terms. Nor when Osama bin Laden, star fundraiser and organizer of the Arab volunteers who had fought alongside the mujahedeen returned to Afghanistan and quickly forged a close alliance with the Taliban. Indeed, Afghanistan only reemerged on America's national security priority list after Bin Laden's 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa...
...Shepherding the men with gunsAmerica has certainly made up for lost time. Thanks to a concerted bombing campaign and active support for Northern Alliance ground forces, the Taliban regime that harbored bin Laden is no more. Soon, the same will probably be true for the terrorist himself and many of his acolytes. And Washington has undertaken to help the Afghan people with humanitarian aid and support for a new, broad-based government. But it's already clear that the men with the guns are looking to decide the shape of the future, their sense of entitlement deepened by their proxy...
...However, the United States must be careful not to forget that as a non-Muslim country, its actions will be judged on a different set of criteria. This “war” already risks devolving into a religious struggle, despite the best efforts of Muslim leaders. Osama bin Laden has already couched the conflict in religious terms, castigating Pakistan for their efforts to aid to the United States and lambasting Arab leaders who work with the United Nations as sell-outs. Also, in the eyes of many Muslims, the war in Afghanistan is complicated by a decade...
Past Issues Taliban Last Days Dec. 17, 2001 ----------------- Lifting the Veil Dec. 3, 2001 ----------------- Hunt for bin Laden Nov. 26, 2001 ----------------- Thanksgiving 2001 Nov. 19, 2001 ----------------- Inside Al-Qaeda Nov. 12, 2001 ----------------- Defender In Chief Nov. 5, 2001 ----------------- Going In Oct. 29, 2001 ----------------- The Fear Factor Oct. 22, 2001 ----------------- Facing the Fury Oct. 15, 2001 ----------------- How Real Is the Threat? Oct. 8, 2001 ----------------- Life on the Home Front Oct. 1, 2001 ----------------- One Nation, Indivisible Sept. 24, 2001 ----------------- Day of Infamy Sept. 14, 2001 PHOTO ESSAYS Kabul Unveiled Taliban on the Run More Photos >>> MORE STORIES Where's OBL: Letter from...