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Osama Bin Laden won't be playing dominoes with the Unabomber any time soon. His hosts, the Taliban, are distinctly unimpressed by the $5 million bounty offered by the U.S., and vowed Thursday that the terrorist mastermind wouldn't be extradited. Still, money does talk in Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia's talks loudest: "The Taliban can't operate without Saudi funding, particularly now that they're planning a spring offensive against their opposition," says TIME New Delhi bureau chief Tim McGirk. "Saudi Arabia is putting immense pressure on the Taliban to expel Bin Laden, and there's a good chance...
...plenty of grounds to try him at home, but politically they can't afford to," says McGirk. "They certainly don't want him tried in the U.S., which would turn him into a martyr throughout the Muslim world and make the Saudi regime look bad." So even if the Taliban squeeze out Bin Laden, the Saudis would rather see him quietly disappear from the scene than turn up on CNN in an orange jumpsuit...
Such groups as the Taliban and the overzealous mullahs in Pakistan are correctly labeled as "extremist" but should not be referred to as "fundamentalist" or supporters of "undiluted Islamic law." True Islamic law, taken as a complete system--not the biased and distorted fragments handpicked by the media--outlines a profoundly moderate, logical and equitable life-style applicable to all. NAVID RASHID Washington...
...raise $500,000 and plan early strategy for a publicity campaign to end "gender apartheid in Afghanistan." Industry heavyweight SID SCHEINBERG and actress TERI GARR were among the 45 people who attended. The group aims to stop corporate investment and to cease recognition by any nation of the Taliban government, which has barred women from schooling and work. Mavis Leno has gone beyond giving parties. Two weeks ago, she went to a Unocal shareholders' meeting to demand that the oil company drop plans to build a $4.5 billion pipeline in Afghanistan. Not long after, Unocal temporarily ceased operations there...
Enter Iran. Competing for the "most holy Islamic nation prize," Iran has criticized the Taliban's harsh policies, accusing them of giving Islam a bad name. This hurt the Taliban's feelings, and in response they killed eight Iranian diplomats. Not to be outdone, Iran massed 270,000 troops on the Afghan border and last Thursday commenced three hours of fighting...