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To: Mephisto who wrote (8908)12/29/2001 1:52:20 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 93284
 
Except that Afghanistan may have more land mines than any place on this earth. The US marine was caught by one of them.

Part of the price of armed conflict.

jttmab



To: Mephisto who wrote (8908)12/29/2001 6:05:12 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Pakistani Troops on the Move as Threat of War Grows
By Zeeshan Haider

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan began thinning out troops patrolling its western border with Afghanistan in search of Osama bin Laden, freeing men for possible duty on its eastern frontier as the threat of war with India grew.

President Bush, whose administration has been working to avoid a fourth war between the nuclear neighbors, telephoned his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf, state television said.

No details of the conversation were immediately available.

Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar urged caution, saying tensions were so high that one wrong move could ignite conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

At the southwestern border town of Chaman, a Reuters reporter saw troops pulling out and packing up anti-aircraft guns installed at some checkpoints with Afghanistan.

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