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Moderate Muslim leaders scoff at Butt as a self-publicist. But Zaki Badawi, principal of London's Muslim College, warns that "the idea that you can cut off the head of al-Qaeda and the body will wither is not going to happen." Ranstorp agrees. Though al-Qaeda's lair in Afghanistan may have been smashed, he says, "The snake has already laid a thousand eggs, which are hatching and slipping off in all directions." Foremost among them Britain...
...city to Dostum's fort when the veteran warlord summons them. (Dostum also maintains a castle-like complex in Shiburghan, some two hours west of Mazar.) And while the popular Atta talks loftily of democracy and elections to form a new city administration, Mohaqiq's aides scoff at what they see as provincial politicking. Mohaqiq himself proposes an appointed governor and staff to insure the minority Hazaras are represented. Meanwhile a Dostum aide is disdainful of both, dismissing former teacher Atta's military skills?"He's just a scholar"?and adding that Mohaqiq doesn't belong in Mazar but further...
...Activists scoff at such creepy comparisons, but some admit they are feeling pressured to dial it down. "The movement has been haunted by the need to have a very measured discourse for fear of being stigmatized as anti-American," complains Mathieu Triclot of Aaarg!, a collective of young French militants. For most activists, however, that may not be such a bad thing. "We were wanting to participate in events where violence was becoming a problem," says Ian Wilmore of Britain's Friends of the Earth. "Now violence is becoming more unacceptable. It strengthens [our] hand...
Single fathers mostly scoff at those who assert the inherent superiority of mothers. And some scholars say gender is less important than factors like a supportive network of family and friends. "Twenty years of research has shown that fathers can learn to do most anything that mother does," says Jeffery Evans of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. That's not to say there are no differences. Studies show fathers tend to roughhouse more with kids, pushing them to take risks, while mothers tend be better organizers. So far, though, these differences have been measured in married...
...senior Administration officials say chances of U.S. troops' playing a long-term reconstruction role are "zero." Some scoff at the idea of a peacekeeping force at all. "If the Afghans can't sort this out themselves, an outside force isn't going to help," says a senior Administration official. Yet he admits the tide is against isolationists at the moment. "Peacekeeping is the flavor du jour. Talking about it shows how suave and sophisticated you are," he says...