Well, as a woman, I get the itch to buy - buy - buy and decorate big time. I guess I couldn't live like that.
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Hunt for bin Laden is stymied in the wilds of Pakistan
By James Risen and David Rohde The New York Times
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Hunting for Osama bin Laden, the CIA established a series of small, covert bases in the rugged mountain frontier of northwest Pakistan in late 2003. Bin Laden, the terrorist leader, was being sheltered there by local tribesmen and foreign militants, the agency had concluded, and he controlled a group of handpicked operatives dedicated to attacking the United States.
But since the bases opened, the CIA officers stationed there have been strictly supervised by Pakistani officials, who have limited their ability to operate and have escorted them wherever they travel in the Pakistani border region. As a result, it has been virtually impossible for the Americans to gather intelligence effectively, say several officials who would speak only anonymously.
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http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20041210-044259-7319r
"A flood of fatwas inundates Egypt"
Ahmad Aboul Wafa
Middle East Times
Published December 9, 2004