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Letter from Ground Zero
Schell, Jonathan | October 22, 2001 issue

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On September 20, 2001, war was declared by U.S. President George W. Bush, supported by the U.S. Congress. But there was a lull, a kind of phony war. The President's words before the joint session of Congress were clear enough. Either the Taliban government of Afghanistan must yield up the Islamic extremist Osama bin Laden and other accused terrorists or it would "share in their fate." And yet over the next several days, in perhaps the swiftest climb-down from an ultimatum in American history, this clear commitment appeared to melt away. At the beginning of October, the winds seemed to shift again Britain's Prime Minister, Tony Blair, declared that the Taliban's choice was "to surrender the terrorists or surrender power."

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TERRORISM -- United States; INTERNATIONAL relations; TERRORISTS; BIN Laden, Osama, 1957-; BLAIR, Tony, 1953-; UNITED States
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