"But Democratic Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, a West Point grad who spent 14 years in active duty, said the "palpable tension" between the two camps is growing, not fading. "All along, there has been this division within the Administration between those who see Iraq as something that has to be done regardless of the costs and those who ask, 'What are the costs?' It's almost schizophrenic, and Bush is caught in the middle.""

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"A sustained surge in oil prices could tip the already fragile US economy - and with it the rest of the world - into recession."

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"A briefing given last month to a top Pentagon advisory board described Saudi Arabia as an enemy of the United States, and recommended that U.S. officials give it an ultimatum to stop backing terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields and its financial assets invested in the United States."

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"One young man told me: "Holy war or jihad is done when you are being murdered, you are being killed... your innocent brothers and your sisters are being killed. Then you go into the field of battle and war against the enemy.

"This is jihad, and nothing more. This is not terrorism. This is to stop terrorism," he said.

Such young men admire the Taleban, and they are angry at its defeat at the hands of America.

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Other title(s) for this story: Pakistan's 'culture of Jihad'