Author: DXO
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Kurds, Secure in North Iraq, Are Cool to US Offensive
John F. Burns | New York Times | July 8, 2002 ERBIL, Iraq, July 6 ? As the United States considers ways of accomplishing President Bush’s call for an end to Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq, Washington’s goal of a “regime change” in Baghdad is running into strong reservations from Iraqi Kurdish leaders who would…
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In Kabul, Musharraf Spurns U.S. Aid in Hunting Qaeda
John F. Burns | New York Times | April 2, 2002 KABUL, Afghanistan, April 2 – President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan made a surprise visit to Afghanistan today, trying to mend fences but also rejecting any future American military operations against Al Qaeda or Taliban forces who have fled to Pakistani tribal areas adjoining Afghanistan.…
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After Battle, Injured Foes Are Treated With Allies
By John F. Burns | New York Times | March 10, 2002 BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, March 9 – Perhaps the most striking thing about the field hospital run by the United States Army at this old Soviet airfield is that wounded Americans lie side by side with Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. These are…
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Karzai Blames Fellow Officials in Assassination
John F. Burns | New York Times | February 15, 2002 Afghanistan’s interim leader Hamid Karzai says killing of aviation and tourism minister Abdul Rahman was personal vendetta carried out by other senior government officials, including intelligence chief, Gen Abdullah Jan Tawhidi and senior defense official, Gen Qalander Beg; both men are believed to be…
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MASSACRE: Gunmen Kill 16 Christians in Church in Pakistan
By JOHN F. BURNS BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan, Oct. 28 — At 8:50 a.m. today, on a bright autumn Sunday in this Indus Valley town, three young men with Kalashnikov rifles walked into St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church just as the last part of the liturgy, known in the old English version as “Lord, now lettest thou…