world.

"We have cable TV, and we know what the Americans are doing," said Mehrabuddin Ali, a baker in a working-class Kabul district. "First they attacked Iraq. They didn't find any nuclear weapons, but they killed a lot of Muslims. Now they are supporting Israel in killing innocent Palestinians. If they have come here to help us, we will welcome them. But if they come to destroy us, we will drive them out like we drove out the Russians. Real Muslims only need the protection of God."