BORDERLINE WAR: Taliban return & angry, fervent men

BORDERLINE WAR
US News & World Report

"Before 9/11, we would cry to the world to save us from these cruel men [the Taliban]. But after 9/11, it was the world that was crying."
-- Amunallah, the police chief of the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand

In Afghanistan and Iraq, unpoliced borders provide easy access for anti-American fighters. At busy border crossings, steady streams of anonymous faces spill past symbolic fences, unhindered by even a cursory check. It is a sign of normalcy--and a cause for alarm.

Afghanistan: The return of the Taliban:
http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a86387a170716372a0


Iraq: A magnet for angry, fervent men:
http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a86387a170716372a1