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To: Mephisto who wrote (4534)	9/11/2002 10:47:38 PM
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Chaos lurks in an abandoned land Al-Qaeda and the roots of terror: The West vowed to end poverty, but little has changed for Afghanistan's people - and this great failing could breed fresh trouble Jason Burke Sunday September 8, 2002 The Observer The following is an excerpt: guardian.co.uk "Last November the leaders of the developed nations promised that, unlike after the Soviet withdrawal, the Afghans would not be abandoned. Tony Blair pledged support 'for the long haul'. In April, President Bush himself promised a 'Marshall Plan'. But out of £1.1bn pledged for 2001, only a fraction has arrived, and there is little prospect of more in the near future. The situation is so bad that even the UNHCR - which dealt with 1.5 million returnees - has run out of cash. Now, as winter nears again, seven million people are at risk of famine."