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To: stockman_scott who wrote (2647)	10/4/2001 8:24:07 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

Some "honest to god" straight propaganda at last -g- The Taliban admits to harbouring Osama bin Laden, who was believed to have been behind the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Strike against Taliban 'to avoid civilian targets' Planned bomb strikes against the Taliban will reportedly spare civilian targets. The strikes will not destroy infrastructure such as power grids, water supplies or bridges. The Washington Times says air strikes will be aimed at the Taliban regime's command and control centres. The aim is to make the Afghan leaders more vulnerable to an uprising. "The 'centre of gravity' is not bridges. It's the Taliban," a Bush administration official told the newspaper. Centre of gravity is a military term for an enemy target. US and British warplanes were also considered likely to target military assets such as air defence networks, MiG fighter planes, tanks, and al Qaeda's network of terrorist training camps. The US administration hopes its decision to spare civilian infrastructure will underscore its insistence it has begun a war on terrorism, not on the Afghan people or Islam. The Taliban admits to harbouring Osama bin Laden, who was believed to have been behind the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Story filed: 16:08 Thursday 4th October 2001 ananova.com