The World; Why America Still Can't Find Osama bin Laden - New York Times - 0 views
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In Quetta, a city in southwestern Pakistan, Afghan refugees said teachers in madrassas and members of hardline religious parties urge young men to join the new Taliban insurgency.
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Anushka Gandhi on 14 Nov 10One of the ways of having young men join the Taliban for stronger support.
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That depth of feeling, some Pakistanis note, is what makes Osama bin Laden so difficult to catch.
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As dusk arrived in the city last Saturday and the call to prayer sounded from local mosques, a young Afghan madrassa student in a turban demanded that a visiting American leave the area. As the foreigner drove away, a young boy spat in his face.
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''When America Was Struck by Al Qaeda's Lightning'' attributes the recent East Coast power outage to Mr. bin Laden.