It's the quiet before the storm, or the quiet before more quiet, with perhaps no storm at all. Whatever comes next, the war on terror is causing some rapid reassessment in assignments for foreign correspondents.
The determination of the United States, Britain and the other allies to extract or execute Osama Bin Laden and not-so-veiled threats about whacking Taliban forces along the way, are leaving journalists wondering where to be and who to talk to.
Beyond the basic logistics of keeping that infuriating yellow dust out of the betacams and computers are the more troubling questions about how you report on what you cannot see, as access to Afghanistan is extremely limited and prospects for openness from the military are slim.
