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...time low, McCain and Bayh should have devoted the bulk of their article to a proposal to get more Americans out of America and into volunteer positions worldwide. It is only through meaningful, effective and generous interaction with other nations that we will be able to combat our negative image without compromising our national policy...
ROMESH RATNESAR got back from 18 months in London writing for TIME's international edition just in time to write last week's cover story on the ground war. He has combat duty again this week, writing on the battle in Afghanistan and the strategy to snare bin Laden. Talk to him Wednesday...
...Pentagon has put out a call for defense contractors, technology corporations and would-be 007-esque "Q"s to help the Department of Defense combat terrorism. Applicants were asked to submit proposals by Dec. 23 for gadgets--to be fully developed within 12 to 18 months--resembling everything from X-ray glasses to crystal balls to Star Trek Tricorder-style body scanners. Here's a guide to what the Pentagon is looking for in its quest to stamp out terrorism...
...custody. Weapons, fake identity and credit cards and an invoice for a return air ticket to Islamabad via London are seized Oct. 1, 2001 Sulayman Balal Zain-ul-abidin (a.k.a. Frances Etim) apprehended in London. Zain-ul-Abidin was linked to Sakina Security, the company that reportedly offered Muslims combat training in Afghan camps Oct. 8, 2001 Bensayah Belkacem, suspected ringleader of Bosnian cell, arrested in Zenica, Bosnia Oct. 10, 2001 Lased Ben Heni, closely tied to bin Laden, nabbed in Munich on suspicion of planning a biochemical attack. Aouadi Ben Belgacem, a Tunisian national also suspected of planning...
...Pakistan many analysts say the U.S. went into combat too soon, without first blanketing Urdu-language media outlets with the American case for intervention. Instead, since Sept. 11, thousands of impressionable Pakistani militants have volunteered to fight with the Taliban. "We don't understand politics," says Janzeb Khan, an unemployed 25-year-old in Peshawar. "We just see what is happening in Afghanistan, and we know it is right for every Muslim to join them in this war." It's no wonder that a senior Administration official greeted news of the U.S.-British propaganda machine with fatalism...