21.   Trucks mounted with machine guns patrolled the roads and barren hills along the border, blocking the exit of al-Qaida fighters from Afghanistan.

22.   Trucks mounted with machine guns patrolled the roads and barren hills along the border, blocking the entry into Pakistan of al-Qaida fighters from Afghanistan.

23.   What is left are barren hills.

24.   More and more smart red-roofed houses dot the barren hill overlooking the Jerusalem-Jericho road.