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...Northern Alliance doesn't want any Taliban elements in the post-Taliban government, and there are going to have to be negotiations to work this out, because it may be impossible to create a stable government without some form of retreaded, moderate version of the Taliban having a stake. The Taliban are from the Pashtun group, which at 38 percent of the population is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Right now the U.S. is looking to find Pashtun groups who are not with the Taliban and work with those...
...would not have gone to Vietnam if drafted. Our national interests were not at stake then. But would I fight now? You bet." DENNY FREIDENRICH Laguna Beach, Calif...
...battle-tested opposition to the Taliban, resentful of the foreign influence of Osama bin Laden. But if the Front has useful ground-level military capabilities, its feuding leaders, riven by ethnic and religious differences, and fractious makeup spell political peril. Nearly a dozen countries in the region hold a stake in the Front's fortunes, and Pakistan, slated as a prime partner for U.S. military actions, is bitterly opposed to advancing United Front interests. Even Washington officials eager to topple the Taliban wonder just how much good the Front...
...circumvent the continent's dismal communications infrastructure. Fewer than 2 million Latin Americans use wireless Internet technology today, but the Washington-based Strategis Group forecasts that by 2007, 48 million will. That's a key reason Atlanta-based telecom giant BellSouth this summer spent $25 million for an 11% stake in StarMedia. It hopes to use the ailing multilingual Latin American Web portal as a launching pad for services like e-mail on mobile Internet--"for those epic traffic jams we all know so well in Sao Paulo," says BellSouth's Latin American director, Roberto Peon...
When national security is at stake, American newspapers and networks take it upon themselves to tread more carefully on controversial issues - a right, rather than a requirement, of democracy. But while few would argue with our right to censor ourselves, our First Amendment alarm bells might start jangling if the government actually tried to set parameters for news coverage. Thus the curious questions raised when the U.S. government, in the interests of national security, is perceived to be reaching across borders and to rein in media coverage in foreign countries...