Forward From: Phil Agre [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:43 AM
To: Red Rock Eater News Service
Subject: [RRE]attack


Here are 150+ more URL's about the war, including extensive coverage
of the anthrax attacks, criticism of American war strategy, the
Muslim world generally, and the problem of Saudi Arabia in particular.
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war

US to Launch More "Fierce and Bloody" Afghan Raids
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02035.html

The Ground War: Into the Fray
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,180475,00.html

Under the Devastating Fire of the Spectres
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa01034.html

CIA Told to Do "Whatever Necessary" to Kill Bin Laden
("Cheney says war against terrorism 'may never end'")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27452-2001Oct20.html

Taliban Placing Hopes on Age-Old Hit-and-Hide Strategy
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083918oct21.story

despite predictions, a few days of bombing hasn't caused the Taliban to
crumble
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083898oct21.story

Alliance May Get US Nod to Take Kabul
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/23/world/world1.html

Today the Soldiers Hurl Taunts; Tomorrow It Will Be Rockets
http://www.observer.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,564797,00.html

Help for Rebels as Bush Takes Gloves Off
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/23/world/world2.html

article about one of our nastiest "allies" in Northern Afghanistan
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20011019/744421.htm
l&qs=goats

Straw Calls for Quick Response to Taliban Collapse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,579096,00.html

Meeting in Orange County, Afghans Talk of Rebuilding Nation
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083865oct21.story

At Pentagon, Worries Over War's Costs, Consequences
("you've probably created hundreds of new terrorists")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27875-2001Oct20.html

Bush Works to Define a War Without Clear Lines
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084169oct22.story

US Said to Pledge Not to Expand War
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1015-02.htm

Afghanistan "Small Piece" of War, Top US Brass Says
http://news.excite.com/news/r/011021/12/politics-attack-military-piece-dc

full-text scripts of radio the US is broadcasting into Afghanistan
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/d20011015radio.pdf

"I know where bin Laden is"
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350019-2001363425,00.html

Pakistan's Wild West
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/pakistan/

Propaganda War May Miss Targets
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/21/ret.propaganda.war/

Allies' Support Steady, but Concern Is Growing
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084170oct22.story

US Still Unilateralist: French Foreign Minister
http://www.ttc.org/ta11021b.htm

How the US and Britain Reward Countries Offering Support in War Against
Taliban
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4281381,00.html

US Looks to Drones for Edge on Battlefield
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083598oct20.story

For Toughest US Troops, Highest-Tech Combat Gear
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083580oct20.story

Fernandes Warns of "Specific Action" Against Pak Proxy War
(danger of escalation in Kashmir)
http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/211001/dlnat20.asp

Vietnam Calls Orange County Group Terrorists, Demands Halt
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083896oct21.story

Prominent Lawyer Killed in Mexico
(this is terrorism)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Mexico-Lawyer-Killed.html


the problem of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Wall of Denial Foils Investigators
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110200166oct20.story

Secrets of the Saudis
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02004.html

The High, Hidden Cost of Saudi Arabian Oil
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/weekinreview/21BANE.html

US Must Press Tainted Kingdom
http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits21.html

Feeling Sensitive, Saudi Sheiks Ask US Press to Lay Off
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/terror/front/1097448

Few Checks on Saudis Coming to US
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011020/us/attacks_saudi_visas_1.html

Saudi Arabia Warns Citizens to Avoid Militants
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20011018_34.html

Oil Omissions: Bush Sr, Cheney Have Big Stakes in Saudi Status Quo
http://www.ccmep.org/hotnews/oil101801.html

Tracking Bin Laden's Money Flow Leads Back to Midland, Texas
http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/25/feature3.shtml


Muslim world

Israel Intensifies Assault on Palestinians
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083903oct21.story

In Arab World, Palestinian Plight Eclipses Afghanistan
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083920oct21.story

Java's Angry Young Muslims
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=824598

Why Peshawar's Youth Are Tinder for Islamic Extremism
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/magazine/21PESHAWAR.html

How Restive Are Europe's Muslims?
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=824394

Milan Mosque Denies Link as Terror Incubator
http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110220252oct22.story

Police May Swoop on Baker Street Mullah
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02027.html

The View From the Mosque
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,577838,00.html
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,577836,00.html
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,577837,00.html

"violent eruptions in Nigeria may have more to do with politics than
religion"
http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=825403

Some Muslims Want to Kill Bin Laden Because He's Soft
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02030.html

Interpreting Islamic Law for American Muslims
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21LAW.html?pagewanted=print

Moderate Muslims Fear Their Message Is Being Ignored
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/middleeast/21ISLA.html?pagew
anted=print

Bombing Carves a Rift Among Muslims in US
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083584oct20.story

New York Cleric's Departure From Mosque Leaves Mystery
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/nyregion/23IMAM.html

Muslim Makes Bin Laden a Laughing Matter
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/18/nfuny18.xml

Osama Bert Laden
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/weekinreview/14BOXB.html

The Crusaders' Giant Footprints
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35989-2001Oct22.html

Seeing Jesus From a Centuries-Old Muslim Perspective Is Fascinating
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083555oct20.story

Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
http://www.cmcu.net/

Islam Has Become Its Own Enemy
http://www.observer.co.uk/islam/story/0,1442,577943,00.html


investigation

Arrests Have Yielded Little So Far, Investigators Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21DETA.html?pagewanted=print

Al Qaeda's Tracks Deepen in Europe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31330-2001Oct21.html

In Paris, a Frightening Look at Terror's Inconspicuous Face
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083901oct21.story

FBI Inquiry Finds No Evidence of Al-Qaida Cells in Britain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,579145,00.html

FBI Considers Torture as Suspects Stay Silent
(just this once, they figure -- we can stop whenever we want)
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350021-2001364909,00.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27748-2001Oct20.html

Some Got Warning: Don't Go Downtown on September 11th
http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-10-12/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-128273.asp

No Insider Trading Before New York Attacks, Says FSA
http://www.fincareer.com/Features/FeaturesCtl.jsp?microsite=reuters&articleI
d=3126

Egyptian Raised Terror Funds in US in 1990's
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/middleeast/23JIHA.html?pagew
anted=print

Money Trail Leads to Gulf Accounts
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083585oct20.story

Focus of FBI Is Seen Shifting to Terrorism
(amazing if true)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21BURE.html


anthrax and biowar

On Many Fronts, Experts Plan for the Unthinkable: Biowarfare
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/health/anatomy/23PREP.html?pagewanted=all

Prompt Response for Politicians, a Slower One for Postal Workers
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23RESP.html?pagewanted=print

Anthrax Concerns Mount in Postal Service
http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/10/22/anthrax/

Washington Post Office: Being Left in Gloom of Night Over Threat
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23MAIL.html

In Anthrax Puzzle, Some See Evidence Pointing Within US
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/294/nation/In_anthrax_puzzle_some_see_evid
ence_pointing_within_US+.shtml

Anthrax Attacks Now Being Linked to US Right-Wing Cranks
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=100635

Domestic Extremists Ready to Take Advantage of Anthrax Scares
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/strike_domestic_threat01
1019.html

Emboldened Abortion Foes Use Anthrax Threat to Spread Fear
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27538-2001Oct20.html

Anthrax Threats Common at Clinics
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083593oct20.story

Soviets' Silent Hysteria
(the anthrax outbreak that they covered up)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083582oct20.story
http://archive.showmenews.com/2001/oct/20011021news026.asp
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2001/10/22/003.html

US Agrees to Clean Up Anthrax Site in Uzbekistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/asia/23TREA.html?pagewanted=
print

Q&A series on the anthrax attacks from the Palm Beach Post
(a real newspaper)
http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/friday/news_b3fcfa91132
c705b00e9.html

Fears of Global Anthrax Threat Grow
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011020/aponline111714_000.ht
m

Anthrax: An Old Scare
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31255-2001Oct21.html

Bush tries to use the anthrax attacks to erode Congress' spending authority
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011022/pl/attack_bush_budget_dc_7.html

Antibiotic May Not Be the "Protection" You Envision
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33778-2001Oct22.html

"instant screening for anthrax is now possible"
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=821937

Scientists Hunt Genetic Print of Anthrax Spores
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083928oct21.story

Germ Banks Stock Dishes of Anthrax
http://www.msnbc.com/news/645421.asp

Staging Battle Against Anthrax in Mail Rooms
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000083472oct20.story

Ironing Your Mail Not Such a Hot Idea
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134356050_solve19.html

Secret US Germ Tests Threat to Treaty (9/5/01)
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001305743,00.html

Emergency Plans Made to Head Off Smallpox
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/293/nation/Emergency_plans_made_to_head_of
f_smallpox+.shtml

UN's Smallpox Terror Alert
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,578112,00.html

Vets Warn of Terrorist Food Threat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1601000/1601846.stm

skepticism about the danger of chemical etc terror
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200110/msg0031
1.html

Keeping Panic at Bay
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/opinion/21DIAM.html

Coded Images Show Plans for Massive Germ Attack on US, Killing Millions
(if this is a parody then it's a work of genius; if not then ...)
http://www.bringmenews.com/Messages/National_Security/Alerts/Alert_003.htm


civil liberties and security

Terror Probe Raises Concerns About Civil Rights
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/22/inv.civil.rights/

"Who Is This Kafka That People Keep Mentioning?"
(an innocent Saudi who was been swept up in the recent police raids)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/magazine/21MUSLIM.html

Civic Center Security Called Too Restrictive
(people are being required to show ID to attend public meetings)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083516oct20.story

History Speaks Ill of Power to Snoop
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/opinion/perspective/docs/spy21.htm

Chretien Not Keen on Sunset Clause in Terror Bill
(opposition to a sunset clause has no rational justification)
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011022/748243.html

Hijacking Justice in the Name of National Security
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,579082,00.html

Democracy and Justice Are Casualties
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2001365460,00.html

latest key escrow proposal is abandoned
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/22/encryption.abandoned.idg/

Sneak and Peek Search Warrants on Anti-Terrorism Legislation
http://www.aclu.org/congress/l101901a.html

Bad Oracle: ID Cards Pick Up Steam
http://www.nationalreview.com/daily/nr101901.shtml

Digital IDs Can Help Prevent Terrorism by Larry Ellison
(or at least they can help sell databases)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001336
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/ellisonqa20.htm

Citibank Attacks Money-Laundering Regulations
http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/25/news2.shtml

"badly needed money-laundering legislation may be killed by special
interests"
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/opinion/22MORG.html

Egypt Renews Call to Put Nuclear Installations in ME Under IAEA Supervision
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/011020/2001102035.html

Sellafield Attack "Could Be Worse Than Chernobyl"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,578991,00.html

Democrats Push for Airline Security Bill
http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/10/20/rec.airline.security/

Feds: Airport Security Firm to Admit Violation
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/20/inv.airport.security/

DeLay Forges Ahead With GOP Plan for Airport Safety
(embracing the private security companies despite their endless violations)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27885-2001Oct20.html

Airports Deactivate Thousands of Defunct Security Badges
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083938oct21.story

Lax Security Still Plagues Many Airports
("Every airport had its own security.  They were little empires.")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27523-2001Oct20.html

For Flight Crews, Security Is New Focus
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30933-2001Oct21.html

Terrorism and Technology in the New Millennium
(very strange but sort of instructive)
http://www.afp.gov.au/raw/Publications/Platypus/Dec99/terror.htm

architectural consequences of the terrorist attacks
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000083719oct21.stor
y

Blacklisted Groups Visible on Web
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47616,00.html


news and freedom of expression

right-wing Canadian newspaper's campaign against a war dissident
(search for "Thobani" at the National Post site)
http://www.nationalpost.com/

defenses of Thobani
http://www.zmag.org/landsbigotry.htm
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/columns/rebick/rebick011005.html

what Thobani actually said
http://clients.loudeye.com/imc/vancouver/sunerathobaniO1-56video.rm
http://www.vancouver.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=5903&group=webcast

The Right's Fights for Free(ish) Speech
http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/10/nyhan-b-10-22.html

the demand for lock-step wartime uniformity is not the American way
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-000083808oct21.sto
ry

AAUP Statement Decries Attempts to "Demonize" Scholars Critical of War
http://chronicle.com/daily/2001/10/2001102202n.htm

Bush's War at Home: Government Censorship, Secrecy, and Lies
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/oct2001/demo-o13.shtml

A New Crop of War Reporters
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000082212oct15.story

hazards of reporting on the war
http://dailynorthwestern.com/daily/issues/2001/10/11/nyou/laforet.shtml

criticism of British reporter who tried to sneak into Afghanistan
http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,573958,00.html

Thirty Journalists Reported to Be Held Hostage by Afghans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-1256999,00.html

Arab TV-News Station Is Playing It Fair
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vppin182419767oct18.column

Mideast News Network Has Fans Here
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/10/18/MN8417.DTL

The CNN of the Arab World Deserves Our Respect
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084262oct22.story

Military Is Putting Heavier Limits on Reporters' Access
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/21VIDE.html?pagewanted=print

another site with links to world newspapers
http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/


comment

Bush Is Giving Bin Laden the War He Wants
http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/25/feature1.shtml

The Wrong Battle Plan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19459-2001Oct19.html

America's Ill-Conceived War on Terror
http://www.msnbc.com/news/645002.asp

Why This War Will Not Work
http://www.observer.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1501,578021,00.html

We Can't Win This Way
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24969

"Unclear Objectives"
http://yellowtimes.org/bjohnson/bjohnson_102001.html

This Is the Third World War and the Stakes Are High
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=100457

A Half-Baked Plan to Oust Saddam
http://www.bouldernews.com/opinion/columnists/20eoped.html

"Nuke 'em" Not a Valid Tactic
http://web.star-telegram.com/content/fortworth/2001/10/21/columnist/19565326
71.htm?template=articleTemplateID.htm

The So-Called Evidence Is a Farce
http://www.narconews.com/goff1.html

Don't Blame It on Bill Clinton
http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/column.billpress/

Quarterly Forecast: Emerging from the Wreckage
http://www.stratfor.com/SERVICES/GIU/4q2001.htm

The Dollar Could Be Headed for Hard Times If OPEC Switches to the Euro
http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/

Evil Evildoers of Evil
("how to feel patriotic and yet not reassured by Bush and company")
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/10/19/note
s101901.DTL

There's More to This War Than "Goodness vs. Evil"
http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.witcover19oct19.column?coll=
ba

comment from an international mediator at a Mennonite university
http://www.mediate.com/articles/terror911.cfm

If the CIA Had Butted Out of Iran
(our opposition to democracy in the Middle East is come back to bite us)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-000083832oct21.sto
ry

Egyptian report on the US antiwar movement
http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/554/fall2.htm

jargon watch: stop abusing moral language to pretend that others have no
morals
(Americans should stand up to this kind of toxic sophistry)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083565oct20.story

jargon watch: "let's take back our schools, churches and charities"
(a fabulous museum of jargon techniques honed down to the flick of a wrist)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=95001347


background

Who the Afghans Are and What Motivates Them: A Reading List
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/books/20TANK.html

Taliban May Have Origin in Ancient Tribe of Israel
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/20/MN.DTL

University Helped US Reach Out to Taliban
http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110210071oct21.story

Did China Buy US Cruise Missiles From Bin Laden?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4281417,00.html

links from the Study of Islam Section at the American Academy of Religion
http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm

Bin Laden's Oxford Days
http://www.truthout.com/0691.Laden.Oxford.htm

article on Halliburton's dealings with Iraq during Dick Cheney's time as CEO
http://www.sfbg.com/reality/04.html

Oil Development, Conflict and Displacement in Western Upper Nile, Sudan
http://www.ideationconferences.com/sudanreport2001/resourcepage.htm

links relating to Caspian region oil
http://www.cornellcaspian.com/pub/19_0108Kazakh-China.htm
http://resources.net.az/d/rn.htm

Journal of Counterterrorism and Security International
http://www.iacsp.com/publications.html

CIA Internship Program
http://www.cia.gov/cia/employment/jobpostings/intern.htm


response

Sifting Mountains of Debris for Slivers of Solace
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21BELO.html

New York State of Minds Now Emotionally Fragile
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084172oct22.story

nobody is having a good day
http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/sunday/news_b32d0504412
562340009.html

after the attacks, Republican smears have stopped working in Virginia
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/102901/zengerle102901.html

Afghans Report Beginning of Backlash
http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110210078oct21.story

Muslim Students Find Montana Town Friendly
http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/10/15/montana/index.html

Once-Insular Americans Studying Up on the World
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083899oct21.story

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