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The Bush Administration A About 1,000 The Taliban sur­ A An American is discovered among A Hamid Karzai is
faces accusations from many U.S. Marines renders the city Taliban prisoners after a violent prison revolt named the Prime
that the array of new tactics move into Afghan­ of Kandahar, that killed hundreds of the prisoners as well Minister of Afghan­
implemented with the anti­ istan to tighten the their last major as an American CIA officer. John Walker istan's interim gov­
terrorism bill, including mili­ squeeze on stronghold. The Lindh, a 20-year-old non-Afghan Taliban ernment. The title is
tary tribunals (trials held in remaining Taliban city falls to loot­ fighter (originally from California), said he passed to him by
secret in which the judges and al Qaeda ers after the last joined the Taliban six months earlier after former Afghanistan
are military officers, a two- leaders by limiting Taliban fighters converting to Islam and "jihacli" (fighter president, Mullah
thirds vote is enough to con­ their movements flee the area. of holy wars). Walker is returned to the Mohammed Omar,
vict, and there is no need from Kandahar, U.S. to face four criminal charges, including marking the first
for proof beyond a reason­ Afghanistan's conspiracy to kill Americans abroad. Pros­ peaceful transfer of
able doubt), are the worst second largest city ecutors consider other evidence that could power in Afghanistan
infringement on civil liber­ and center of carry the death penalty. in more than two
ties in decades. trade. decades.

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I Donald Rumsfeld:
U.S. Defense
Secretary
People (continued)

Colin Powell: U.S.
Condoleeza Rice:
Secretary of State ►
U.S. National
Security Adviser T
John Ashcroft: U.S.
Attorney General ▼