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American soft-sell turns Afghans against al-Qa'eda
(Filed: 10/06/2004)

Hamida Ghafour in Masi Kalay reports on a new US weapon: combat marketing

The American soldiers had barely climbed from their Humvee when a group of villagers brimming with gratitude approached their vehicle.
"We won't let al-Qa'eda in here," said one elder, Haji Atlas, without any prompting. "If we have problems in the village we will come to you.
"We support the Americans, not the Taliban because they were only for destruction, not construction."
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