TIME: Where's Bin Laden?
Monday, March 29, 2004
By MICHAEL WARE / NANGALAM
The men of Camp Blessing know they are bait. They dangle far from the formidable, heavily fortified perimeters of other U.S. bases in Afghanistan. Instead of the hundreds or thousands of troops that are in the large encampments, there are only a dozen Green Berets from what is known as Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 936 and a smattering of Marines. But they are dangling far from safety to attract a big catch. "This is Osama bin Laden's backyard," says the team sergeant. "And part of the solution to tracking him is having guys like us out here in isolated areas."
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The men of Camp Blessing know they are bait. They dangle far from the formidable, heavily fortified perimeters of other U.S. bases in Afghanistan. Instead of the hundreds or thousands of troops that are in the large encampments, there are only a dozen Green Berets from what is known as Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 936 and a smattering of Marines. But they are dangling far from safety to attract a big catch. "This is Osama bin Laden's backyard," says the team sergeant. "And part of the solution to tracking him is having guys like us out here in isolated areas."
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Charlie Rose -- 3:10
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Charlie talks to Mick by telephone after the bombing at the Mount Lebanon Hotel.
TIME: Karzai on the Dangers He Faces
Monday, March 08, 2004
By MICHAEL WARE, TIM McGIRK
Afghan President Hamid Karzai talked with TIME's Tim McGirk and Michael Ware in Kabul:
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai talked with TIME's Tim McGirk and Michael Ware in Kabul:
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TIME: Remember Afghanistan?
Monday, March 08, 2004
By TIM McGIRK / KABUL and MICHAEL WARE / KANDAHAR
Hamid Karzai is lonely. He is huddled, as always, deep inside his presidential palace in Kabul, protected by towering stone walls, growling dogs and U.S. bodyguards. Visitors to the palace must undergo three separate body searches before passing through the arched gates, all under the gaze of trained marksmen standing sentry in a watchtower.
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Hamid Karzai is lonely. He is huddled, as always, deep inside his presidential palace in Kabul, protected by towering stone walls, growling dogs and U.S. bodyguards. Visitors to the palace must undergo three separate body searches before passing through the arched gates, all under the gaze of trained marksmen standing sentry in a watchtower.
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