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14 November 2004 -- A top general in Pakistan's army says his troops will cleanse Al-Qaeda linked militants from a district near the Afghan border by year's end. But the general says there is still no sign of the top target of the U.S.-led war on terrorism, Al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden. The announcement was made today by Major General Niaz Khattak, the field commander of Pakistani troops who are hunting the remnants of Al-Qaeda in South Waziristan. "We have made substantial spatial gains in South Waziristan. We have caused considerable attrition on [the part of] the militants. We have...

So what did the Bushies see that others did not? Despite a wall of pundits conceding Kerry to Michigan, despite 37 of 40 polls tracking Kerry with comfortable margins, the Bushies still believed. They stepped up their Michigan efforts in these final weeks. And now, two days before Election Day, there it is in black and white: Kerry and Bush in a dead heat for Michigan according to The Detroit News and Zogby polls. While the Bush Team won’t tell you directly, their Michigan faith seems to center on three factors: turnout, minorities, and multi-state strategy. On turnout. Conventional wisdom...