From: Phil Agre [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:36 AM
To: Red Rock Eater News Service
Subject: [RRE]attack


Here are some more URL's relating to the terror attacks and war fever.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.

If you notice that certain topics or viewpoints are missing from these
lists of URL's, don't assume that I have excluded them -- assume that
nobody is sending them to me.  It's enough work putting these lists
together that I have little time to assure balance by searching the
Web on my own.

Can I please ask people to send URL's relating to the countries where
US military intervention is most likely?  A good place to start would
be countries facing violent Islamist opposition movements, such as
Egypt, Uzbekistan, and Algeria.  Relevant items might include reports
from human rights organizations, English-language media from the
countries including the government and opposition movements, think
tank reports, current press articles, and directories of online
resources.  The Bush people are talking about taking the war to no
fewer than sixty countries, and if that happens we'll all be getting
quite a geography lesson.  Might as well get ready.  Because I'm
asking for a lot of information here, I would greatly appreciate if
you could quality-control whatever you send.  In other words, just
send the high-quality materials.  Thanks very much.

I'm impressed by how few duplicates I am getting.  Dozens of people
are sending me stuff, but I would guess that 10% of it duplicates
something I've already got.  I'm not sure what that means, except
perhaps that the ocean of stuff that we're dipping into is vastly
larger than the stuff I ever see.  But that seems hard to believe.


Afghanistan

Troops Mass on Afghan Border
(Sydney Morning Herald has had the world's best coverage, that I've seen)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/18/world/world1.html

Situation at Pak, Afghan Border Tense: Taliban Move Heavy Artillery to
Torkham
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=4&date1=9/17/2001

Iranian Team Arrives in Panjshir to Review Situation with Northern Alliance
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/afghan.asp?id=5&date1=9/17/2001

Did Bin Laden Kill Afghan Rebel?
http://www.iht.com/articles/32722.htm

13,000 Army Protects Osama
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/afghan.asp?id=13&date1=9/17/2001

Afghanistan: A Nightmare Battlefield
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41121-2001Sep16.html

Press Conference With Taliban Spokesman Wakil Ahmed Mutawakel
http://kavkaz.org/english/news/2001/09/17/news3.htm

The World Isolates the Taliban
http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/06/04taliban

The Murky Deals That Fuelled International Terrorism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,551971,00.html

Afghanistan: The Massacre in Mazar-I Sharif (November 1998)
http://www.hrw.org/reports98/afghan/

World's Indifference to the Afghan Tragedy (June 2001)
http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2001/June/Afghan/

Fielding's Most Dangerous Places (e.g., Afghanistan)
http://www.comebackalive.com/df/dplaces.htm

brief outline of Afghan history
(despite what you may have heard, Afghanistan *has* been conquered)
http://ebooks.whsmithonline.co.uk/encyclopedia/01/c0000001.htm

Azadi Afghan Radio
http://www.afghanradio.com/

Afghanistan Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/afghanistan.html

Afghanistan News and Media
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Afghanistan/News_and_Media/


civil liberties

Anti-Terror Push Stirs Fears for Liberties
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46828-2001Sep17.html

Ashcroft Wants Quick Action on Broader Wiretapping Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/national/18CONG.html

Technology Will Play Bigger Role in Security
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/national/18RULE.html

Preserve Your Rights Online - Act Now
http://slashdot.org/yro/01/09/16/1647231.shtml

Investigators Explore Boundaries of Everything the Law Allows
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/17/national/17CIVI.html

New Powers Sought for Surveillance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41055-2001Sep16.html

Lawmakers Hear Ashcroft Outline Antiterror Plans
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/17/national/17CONG.html

Terrorist Threat Shifts Priorities in Online Rights Debate
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-7149229-0.html


investigation

Alleged Hijackers May Have Trained at US Bases
(by all means let's get rid of those terrorist training bases)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/629529.asp

Four People Flown to New York for Questioning in Connection With Attacks
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/17/national/17PLOT.html?pagewanted=all

Diary of the Terrorists
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/18/world/world14.html

Hijackers May Have Accessed Computers at Public Libraries
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41034-2001Sep16.html

Dozens of Arabs, Muslims Buried under New York Rubble
http://www.middleeastwire.com/newswire/stories/20010914_4_meno.shtml

scams, hoaxes, conspiracy theories, etc about the attack
http://www.dangerousideas.net/infowatch.asp

Where Once the Towers Stood
(very impressive satellite image)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1548000/1548493.stm

animated "virtual flyover" of the World Trade Center site
(may crash Netscape)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/nation/worldtradeanimation.htm


war

"Bush aims to uproot perceived terrorist networks spanning 60 countries"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1547000/1547561.stm

Special Forces Poised for Action
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,553040,00.html

"the essence of this first war of the century is it's not against a nation"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41015-2001Sep16.html

Rumsfeld: War on Terrorism to Require Unconventional Methods
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2001/09/16/rumsdfeld/

US Calculates a War With Little Room for Error
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0918/p1s2-wogi.html

On the Streets, A Jittery Nation Is in War Mode
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/national/18REAC.html

about the "national emergency" that Bush has declared
http://monkeyfist.com/articles/781

Police Guard Lone Dissenter in Congress on Use of Force
(may not work on Internet Explorer)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=politicsnews&StoryID=226333

Europe Cautious Over US Response
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1548000/1548441.stm

Official Declaration of the EU (pdf)
http://ue.eu.int/Newsroom/LoadDoc.cfm?MAX=1&DOC=!!!&BID=102&DID=67761&GRP=37
53&LANG=1

America's New War Against Terrorism
http://www.forumsondemand.com/brookings/terrorism/20010914/amterrorism.ram
http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20010914.htm

SAS Geared Up for Attack on Bin Laden
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001322341,00.html

British parliament debate on the attacks
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/cm010914/debindx/
10914-x.htm

Arab Envoys Contemplate Broad Realignment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47131-2001Sep17.html

Tajikistan Won't Allow US to Launch Attacks From Its Territory
http://www.nandotimes.com/world/story/80232p-1118811c.html

War Against Terror Tests Fragile Saudi Relations With US
http://nytimes.com/2001/09/15/international/middleeast/15SAUD.html?pagewante
d=print

Prince Abdullah May Arrive in Pakistan Shortly
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/PrintPage.asp?id=3&date1=9/17/2001&news2=oute
r1

Army Backs Musharraf's Promise to World Comity
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=1&date1=9/15/2001

"Get Us Bin Laden" Order from Bush Could Spark Pakistani Army Mutiny
http://www.counterpunch.org/tariqpakistani.html

Uzbeks Eager to Join US Alliance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41263-2001Sep16.html


comment

It's Really War Against the Islamic Axis
(calls for US invasions of several countries)
http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-09-17/News_and_Views/Beyond_the_City/a-12551
9.asp

Is Rational Discourse Another Casualty of Tuesday's Attacks?
http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20010917.html

Editorial on Jerry Falwell's Comments
http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20010917edfal17p3.asp

Rev. Falwell Apologizes for Remarks
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010917/us/attacks_falwell_apology_1.html

Ban the Word "Crusade"
http://63.208.24.134/terrorism/roy9.htm

Toward the Brink
http://consortiumnews.com/2001/091701a.html

Americans Don't Understand That Their Heritage Is Itself a Threat
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/magazine/23TERROR.2.html

an excellent example of selectively labeling one's opponents as terrorists
http://www.femail.co.uk/pages/news/article.html?in_article_id=72654&in_page_
id=1264

One Step Nearer a Middle East Bloodbath
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/dt?ac=005997313807439&rtmo=QexLmQwR&atmo=rrr
rrrrq&pg=/01/9/12/do02.html

Al-Azhar's Grand Imam (in Cairo) Condemns Killing of Civilians
http://www.islam-online.net/english/news/2001-09/15/article2.shtml

"the US must convince the Islamic world that bin Laden is a dangerous
fugitive"
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/13/justice/

fairly interesting if rambling leftist commentary
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22bush+dyslexicon%22&start=40&hl=en&rnum=
43&selm=f5dd2807.0109161606.73b23f9e%40posting.google.com

extensive survey of US conservative opinion on the attacks
http://instapundit.blogspot.com/

As US Priorities Change, So Does Its Leader
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2001/sep/sep17/ind
ex.htm#4

Don't Rebuild the Twin Towers
http://www.counterpunch.org/dontrebuild.html

The Perils of Solidarity
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9571/1.html

Globalvision News Network: Global Views
http://208.251.133.165/html/USUnderAttack/index.html

Arab Media Send Out Dual Message on US
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41009-2001Sep16.html

"no peace until we convince Israel to make peace with the Palestinians"
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/17/israel/print.html


terrorism discourse

Chemical and Biological Terrorism
http://www.stimson.org/cwc/terror.htm

Responding to Terrorism: What Military Options Does the President Have?
http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/options.html

The CDISS Database: Terrorist Incidents 1945 to 1998
http://www.cdiss.org/terror.htm

US Policy on Counterterrorism (June 1995)
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd39.htm

Combating Terrorism: Presidential Decision Directive 62 (May 1998)
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd-62.htm
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/paper598.htm

Combating Terrorism: Options to Improve the Federal Response (April 2001)
http://www.house.gov/transportation/pbed/04-24-01/04-24-01memo.html

Bioterrorism: An Even More Devastating Threat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41225-2001Sep16.html

Source: Clinton Approved Action Against Bin Laden in 1998
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2001/09/16/clinton_laden/


background

Introduction to Islam
http://www.mideasti.org/library/islam/introislam.htm

Osama Bin Laden's Neighborhood
(audio of an expert briefing on the countries in the region)
http://www.ceip.org/files/events/events.asp?EventID=381

protocols for commercial airliners in a military emergency
http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/MIL/Apdices/milapd17.html

"Talk of the Nation" radio program entitled "An American Empire?"
(broadcast just before the attack)
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=09/10/2001&PrgID=5

massive collection of intelligence links
http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html

Presidential Directives 1993-2000
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/

Status of Federal Critical Infrastructure Protection Activities (January
2001)
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/CIP_2001_CongRept.pdf


news and the like

Palestinian Media Watch
http://www.pmw.org.il/

extensive discussion of the press coverage
http://www.poynter.org/

news sources related to the Middle East
http://www.newsisfree.com/sources/bycat/78/

check out the bestsellers list at Amazon right now
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/lists/best/amazon-bestsellers.html/0
02-8247372-8244044

Austin-Based Stratfor Attempts to Make Smart Money on Global Intelligence
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-09-14/pols_feature.html


response

"what happens if a suicide bomber dives into one of our 103 nuclear power
plants?"
(good question)
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=bivens_wtc_20010916

Hey, Wait a Minute: Why Punish the Skycaps?
(what's really needed is martial arts training for flight attendants)
http://slate.msn.com/code/ThisJustIn/ThisJustIn.asp?Show=9/17/2001&idMessage
=8313

Engineers Tackle Havoc Beneath Trade Center
(serious problems under ground)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/science/18UNDE.html

business recovery resources
http://www.globalcontinuity.com/

children's stories relating to terror, in many languages
http://www.peaceculture.net/

Publications on Helping Children Cope with Terrorism
http://www.specialednews.com/educators/ednews/terroristlinks091301.html#pubs

Anti-Islamic Violence Breaks Out Around World
http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,551257,00.html

USF Robotics Team Arrives At Ground Zero
http://tampatrib.com/News/MGAEBFXHLRC.html

FEMA Wireless Emergency Response Team
http://www.fema.gov/nwz01/nwz01_108.htm

Monitors Say Health Risk From Smoke Is Very Small
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/14/nyregion/14ENVI.html

NYC Emergency Information
http://www.nyc.gov/

District Unprepared to Cope with Attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41105-2001Sep16.html

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