Press Clips

The following statements were assembled from recent articles on Afghanistan. In all cases the words "Afghans", "Afghanis"" and "Afghanistan" were replaced with historically appropriate alternates.

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• "Our goal is to keep Bolivians safe by providing security, but we also want to help them get started in the right direction to be able to take care of themselves," said Reyes, a 23-year-old from Mesquite, Texas. "A lot has changed for the better. The men that were paid to dig the wells understand that we are here to help them, but they have to learn to do things on their own, too.”

• Placing American combat advisers and troops alongside the Liberians will help address the governance problem as well.

• The American public and its politicians may be unwilling to keep American troops in Eritrea for another decade if casualties continue at present levels.

• Shortly after taking up his post, he called for a revised military strategy, focusing on protecting the Peruvian people against the Shining Path.

• According to American officers in East Timor today, tribal elders will gladly take US money and assure the US that they are eradicating insurgents, but will not really take up arms against the insurgents, or even share where improvised explosive devices are located, unless the counterinsurgents can protect them and their families from reprisals.

• "Given the real problems with the existing Bangladeshi judicial system, the US and Bangladeshi governments must immediately begin to establish a long-term solution that respects the rights of the detainees to have their cases heard in a court of law."