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...President's speech was a frank, often hard-hitting discussion of the issue of violence in political conflict. Addressing an audience for whom one man's terrorist is often another's freedom fighter, Bush stressed the urgency of a global consensus on the conduct of political conflict. "We choose lawful change and civil disagreement over coercion, subversion and chaos," he said. "In this world, there are good causes and bad causes, and we may disagree on where that line is drawn. Yet, there is no such thing as a good terrorist. No national aspiration, no remembered wrong can ever justify...
...over Afghanistan. The Pentagon's first priority may be to establish new air bases inside this zone, which can be used not only to resupply the Alliance and any expanded U.S. troop presence, but also to ratchet up the air war. To reach the battle zone right now, fighter planes have to fly over Pakistan from carriers in the Arabian sea - a distance that limits them to a single sortie each day and with a lighter bomb load necessitated by the heavier fuel load. Basing the same fighters at bases around Mazar would allow them to fly three sorties...
...before it can even think of mounting an offensive. That's not to say an Alliance breakthrough is impossible, especially if American strikes against the Taliban pick up. But even the most confident Alliance soldiers say it won't happen soon. "War is in our blood," says Safaullah, a fighter in Dasht-i-Qala. "We'll fight for centuries if we have...
...prevent turf wars and overlap, some charities have begun clustering together by need. Funds for mental health, scholarships and the various fire-fighter and police funds have all made inroads by divvying up territory and working together. But far too many still don't know the territory. The N.Y.P.D. says 4,136 people are dead or missing; the New York Times estimate is 2,950. Whichever figure turns out to be closer to the truth, the real problem is that traffic at local assistance centers is tapering off. That's why some charities are actually thrilled to hear those...
...before it can even think of mounting an offensive. That's not to say an Alliance breakthrough is impossible, especially if American strikes against the Taliban pick up. But even the most confident Alliance soldiers say it won't happen soon. "War is in our blood," says Safaullah, a fighter in Dasht-i-Qala. "We'll fight for centuries if we have...