Fighting Terrorism from Within
America is trying to build up the strength of Afghan opposition groups as a new strategy to thwart the ruling Taleban—seen as the inseparable ally of terrorist suspect Osama bin Laden—begins. TEMPO's Ahmad Taufik reports from the Afghan border.
October 2, 2001
The rain of death from the sky has not come. The F-14 Tomcats, the F-18 Hornets and Tomahawk long-range missiles are still parked on board the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise and USS Carl Vinson, both now anchored around the waters of Saudi Arabia. Thousands of miles from those waters, far away in the US capital Washington, President George W. Bush has been speaking to Muslim leaders in the United States.
With the Koran in his hand, Bush st
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