This from Wednesday's NYT;
"As the United States launched a third day of air raids against Taliban troops on the front lines in Afghanistan, senior Pentagon officials said for the first time today that they hoped to choke off fuel, food and other supplies that the Taliban leaders need to maintain their grip on power..."
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Seth Ackerman wrote:
> Here's last night's Jim Miklaszewski, NBC's slavish Pentagon correspondent:
>
> NBC News Transcripts
> SHOW: NBC Nightly News (6:30 PM ET) - NBC
> October 29, 2001 Monday
> LENGTH: 326 words
>
> HEADLINE: War in Afghanistan ground to stalemate as Tabliban digging in
>
> [...]
>
> MIKLASZEWSKI: As for that Red Cross food warehouse in Kabul bombed
> twice last Friday, a senior US military official now says it was
> bombed on purpose because the food was being stolen by Taliban troops.
>
> Seth