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To: zonder who wrote (17088)	5/9/2003 2:16:31 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 21614

Taliban appears to be regrouped and well-funded A new hierarchy of leaders has emerged across parts of Afghanistan. By Scott Baldauf and Owais Tohid KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – As the fiery chief justice of the Taliban's Supreme Court, Abdul Salam shook the world once, proclaiming the right to execute foreign aid workers accused of converting Afghans to Christianity. Today, not only is Justice Salam back, talking to a foreign reporter for the first time since the Taliban fell a year and a half ago, but he says the Taliban are back as well. Regrouped, rearmed, and well-funded, they are ready to carry on guerrilla war as long as it takes to expel US forces from Afghanistan. It's what Afghans want, "because during the Taliban times, there was peace and security," says Salam, who retains the long gray beard that marks him as a devout Muslim. [continued ...] csmonitor.com

To: zonder who wrote (17088)	5/9/2003 2:33:40 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

You get into the type of ad hominem attacks that you condemn when someone disagrees with you. You do the same thing of which you accuse. I could say you failed to read my prior posts. More likely you don't care what others post, barely stopping to get your point across. There were hundreds of buildings that were "protected," not just in Baghdad but throughout the country of Iraq. Most of the looting was organized and the most important items "hidden" or looted by officials of the museum or the regime BEFORE the US was in place. What don't you understand there? I have agreed that we could have done it differently. I believe that it was too late even if we had put the one tank there. I have read everything you posted and find your arguments biased and often not compelling. You sometimes use reasoning but seem to be frustrated when others do not see your point. Instead of re-evaluating your position, you try to bully others into thinking your opinions are factual. Articles, at this stage of the war, are largely opinion. As it becomes history, sources will have greater credibility. I'd prefer to be convinced by your logic rather than a cut and paste from a source that relies on opinion.