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...Ideology-that is, the strict fundamentalism practiced by the Taliban-is still a motivation for some of the ex-Talibs. Afghan officials say that the man who tried to kill Karzai three weeks ago by firing on his car in Kandahar was a Taliban soldier who had been released from the Sheberghan prison camp two months earlier. According to some reports, the man changed his name from Abdul Razaq to Abdul Rahman in order to get hired as a compound guard for the Kandahar governor, who was with Karzai when Rahman struck. Government authorities suspect Rahman, 22, who was shot...
...When the shooting stopped that afternoon in the southern city of Kandahar the only clue to those behind the failed assassination was the dead gunman. Not much was known about him, except that he was a soldier, recruited into the government's ranks only weeks earlier and that he came from the vehemently pro-Taliban district of Kajaki, in neighboring Helmand province. Like thousands of others absorbed into military units or government positions in Kandahar since the fall of the Taliban regime in December, Rehman was not screened for Taliban or terrorist links. "That's what these people are doing...
...gunman, Abdul Rahman, 22, who was part of Sherzai's security detail, raised his weapon and pumped several rounds into the car. Amazingly, Karzai managed to duck the bullets. One grazed Sherzai's neck, and another struck a U.S. soldier. A nearby youth, 19, by some accounts the one who had moved forward to greet Karzai, shoved Rahman to the ground. The U.S. commandos then bounded out of their vehicle and opened fire. Rahman, the youth and an Afghan bodyguard died in the fusillade. Back in Kabul that night, Karzai seemed unfazed by his brush with death but aware that...
...Vietnam's most popular celebrities, Duong, 45, says he was drawn to the role of Commander Nguyen Huu An, who weathers relentless American firepower and is portrayed, if briefly, as an honorable soldier. Duong has protested that he had no control over the director's final cut and that he doesn't plan to do any more war movies, but that may not be enough to prevent his blacklisting. Vietnam's Ministry of Culture?kind of a Supreme Court of censorship?is now reviewing the film and will decide Duong's fate soon. Meanwhile, he can be seen...
...such a delicate time, even the shift away from a NATO peacekeeping force in Macedonia carries tangible risks, says Edward Joseph, an analyst in Skopje with the International Crisis Group, a think tank. "If you lose NATO you lose the Americans," he says. "When somebody shoots at a NATO soldier, they're shooting at the world's only superpower. When they shoot at an E.U. soldier, they're shooting at the E.U." Others believe Europe is still too mired in political rivalries to respond effectively to emerging crises. "There is real fear that Europe will keep getting key decisions wrong...