From: Phil Agre [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 7:53 AM
To: Red Rock Eater News Service
Subject: [RRE]attack
Here are 200+ more URL's about the war, including extensive coverage
of the anthrax attacks, the new anti-terrorism law and its effects,
security controversies, arguments that it's all about oil, and the
shameful House "stimulus" bill. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
Next edition on Monday evening. Please send me items that are not
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I've been told to clarify something. The last batch of links included:
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
This page seemed so self-evidently wacky that I didn't take great
care with my disclaimer. In fact I meant the "..." to communicate
something like "the author is a few fries short of a full Happy Meal".
But apparently some people are so freaked out by the recent anthrax
attacks that their critical faculties are slightly disengaged. So,
for the record, here are a couple of debunkings:
http://www.pcmike.com/ejterror.htm
http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/wandawi.htm
Don't believe everything you read.
war
The War of the Night
http://www.msnbc.com/news/645623.asp?0nw=n1d
US Special Forces Beat Retreat as Enemy "Fought Back Like Maniacs"
http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/26/war22
6.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/10/26/ixhome.html
Taliban Fires on Bazaar; Two Sellers Die
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084632oct24.story
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/international/asia/24FIGH.html?pagewanted=
print
Tenacious Taliban Cling to Power
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/asia/26TALI.html
Taliban Battle Will Be Tough, US Concedes
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085033oct25.story
US Forces Set to Battle "Myth" of Cave Fighters
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085296oct26.story
Taliban Forces Halt Alliance Advance
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/25/world/world1.html
US Bombing Tactics Ineffective, Says Opposition
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/25/world/world2.html
Cluster Bombs Stoke Humanitarian Crisis Fears as Civilian Toll Mounts
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011025/1/1l4le.html
counting the casualties
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11782
UN Says US Bombs Struck Mosque, Village as Civilian Casualties Mount
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1024-05.htm
War Descends Like a Scythe on Innocent Afghan Village
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1025-01.htm
US Planes Bomb a Red Cross Site for Second Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/international/asia/27MILI.html?pagewanted=
print
High-Tech US Bombs Are Precise but Not Perfect
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084654oct24.story
Kandahar: A Once Grand City Reduced to Ruins
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/25/world/world7.html
We Won't Stop for Ramadan: US
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/24/world/world1.html
Experts Challenge Military, Political Tacks in Central Asia
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085313oct26.story
US Wakes Up to Osama's Nuke Dreams
http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1862859664
Muslim Allies Getting Restive About the War in Afghanistan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59474-2001Oct26.html
US DOD "Background Briefing" on Enemy Denial and Deception
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/t10242001_t1024dd.html
Naming of Hijackers as Saudis May Further Erode Ties to US
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/international/25SAUD.html
Bush Thanks Saudis for Anti-Terrorism Aid
(he's lying)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53113-2001Oct25.html
Israeli Raid Turned Village Into War Zone
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/international/26MIDE.html
West Bank Villagers Describe Raid as "Like a Horror Movie"
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085321oct26.story
Vigilantes Blamed for Attack on Palestinians
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/25/world/world12.html
Debate Emerges Over Sharon's Motives
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084660oct24.story
Definitions of Terrorism Dog US Officials
(terrorism has long been a political word)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47946-2001Oct24.html
Witnesses Say Soldiers Kill 200 in Nigeria
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nigeria-killings.
html
"Conflict Index" Warns When a Nation Faces Civil War
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991472
E-Mail Capability Changes Lives of Sailors Far Away
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084354oct23.story
propaganda war
War Needs Good Public Relations
http://www.fair.org/media-beat/011025.html
Pentagon Hires Image Firm to Explain Airstrikes to World
(the government's cluelessness on the propaganda front is truly worrying)
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/nation/docs/pr19.htm
Ad Group May Help Sell US to Muslim, Arab Countries
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084638oct24.story
US Broadcasts "Not Being Heard"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1619000/1619548.stm
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Interview with Al Jezeera
http://www.counterpunch.org/rummy1.html
A Harvest of Anger at the US
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084630oct24.story
anthrax and biowar
FBI and CIA Suspect Domestic Extremists
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59509-2001Oct26.html
Anthrax Probe Shifts to Homegrown Hate Groups
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1025-03.htm
Additive Made Spores Deadlier
(more evidence for a domestic source)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47864-2001Oct24.html
Salmonella Vials Sent to Former President Clinton's Office
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2001/10/25/salmonella/
argument that the anthrax attacks are far-right domestic terrorism
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/26/far_right/print.html
anthrax and the militia movement
http://english.pravda.ru/usa/2001/10/18/18529.html
Agents Start Digging Up Old Files on Anthrax Hoaxes
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/national/27INQU.html?pagewanted=print
background on anthrax threats at clinics
http://www.newyorker.com/THE_TALK_OF_THE_TOWN/CONTENT/?011029ta_talk_return_
to_sender
1998 criminal complaint against domestic would-be bioterrorists
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/news/packages/anthrax/newaff.html
Rush Limbaugh's rant likening Tom Daschle to Satan
http://www.spinsanity.org/posts/limbaugh7-21-01.html
Few Agree on Who Wrote Anthrax Letters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47885-2001Oct24.html
Origin of Anthrax Letters Elusive
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Letters.html
Evidence Reveals Few Clues to Powder's Source
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085311oct26.story
Osama Bought Anthrax for 10G
(I have no independent confirmation of this)
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/32458.htm
Years Ago, the Military Sprayed Germs on US Cities
http://freedomofpress.tripod.com/wsj3.html
US Admits Secret Bio Tests on Unwary Sailors in 1960s
http://chicagotribune.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=chi%2D011023026
4oct23
Attack: Anthrax Bacteria Likely to Be US Military Strain
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991473
US Says Anthrax Germ in Mail Is "Ames" Strain
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53147-2001Oct25.html
Contradicting Some US Officials, Scientists Call Anthrax Powder High-Grade
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/national/25WEAP.html?pagewanted=print
New Case, New Fears in a Complex Mystery
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53141-2001Oct25.html
Anthrax Checks Widen as Officials Admit Error
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24CND-ANTH.html?pagewanted=print
Stung by Criticism, Officials Meet to Coordinate Efforts on Anthrax
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/national/25RESP.html?pagewanted=print
How to Botch a Crisis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38307-2001Oct23.html
"almost as scary as anthrax was the incompetence in Washington"
(but I'm sympathetic: nobody ever had to face this before)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/399uzfwq.a
sp
Postal Workers Critical of Government Response
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084649oct24.story
Postal Workers' Illness Set Off No Alarms
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24VICT.html?pagewanted=print
Cipro, but No Testing for Postal Workers
(nearly incomprehensible story from the Times' chief character assassin)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24WORK.html?pagewanted=print
Through Rain, Snow ... and Anthrax?
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/26/postal_service/
Accuracy of Test at White House Mail Site Questioned
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48195-2001Oct24.html
disturbing political spin on the fallout of Afghanistan versus Washington
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/national/25BUSH.html?pagewanted=print
French Anthrax Scare Spreads to Drinking Water
http://213.159.10.102/francemain.asp?pad=278,313,&item_id=15479
Pranksters, Panicked Americans Perpetrate Hoaxes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53134-2001Oct25.html
Mother Mails Son's Ashes, Triggering Anthrax Scare
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085047oct25.story
What To Do If You Receive an Anthrax Threat
http://www.usps.com/news/2001/press/pr01_1010tips.htm
Past Studies of Anthrax Have Limited Use in Current Outbreak
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59520-2001Oct26.html
Shining Light on Biowar Dark Winter
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/lessons.html
Research Could Offer New Defenses Against Anthrax
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-24-06.html
Anthrax
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm
Anthrax: Pre-Publication and Special Issue
http://www.nature.com/nature/anthrax/
Congress Trying to Guard Food Supply
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011025/aponline172401_000.ht
m
The Nixon Administration's Decision to End US Biological Warfare Programs
http://www.nsarchive.org/NSAEBB/NSAEBB58/
Saddam Connection: West Nile Virus the First Bioweapon?
(but, as usual with newsmax, the evidence is basically nonexistent)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/24/180937.shtml
New Scientist's Bioterrorism Page
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/bioterrorism/
Some 10,000 People Take Anthrax Drug
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2001/10/25/ciplo/
Ciprofloxacin: The Dispute Over Compulsory Licenses
http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/cl/cipro/
Cipro Frenzy Bodes Ill for Online Drug Sales, Regulators Say
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/296/business/Cipro_frenzy_bodes_ill_regula
tors_say+.shtml
Anthrax Vaccine: Changes to the Manufacturing Process
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-02-181t
skepticism on anthrax vaccine
http://www.anthraxvaccine.org/
Biopesticide and Bioweapons
http://www.i-sis.org/biopesticide&bioweapons.shtml
Add This to the Bioterror Menu: Designer Disease
(speculation)
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011022/748201.html
Amid Fears, Junk Mail Is Dropping Its Disguises
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/298/business/Amid_fears_junk_mail_is_dropp
ing_its_disguises+.shtml
Could "Smart Mail" Ease Postal Fears?
http://www.atnewyork.com/rebuild/article/0,1471,3041_909941,00.html
Could This Be the End of Snail Mail?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/647565.asp
civil liberties and security
Bush Signs Into Law New Enforcement Era
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59571-2001Oct26.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/national/27TERR.html
Antiterrorism Bill Passes; US Gets Expanded Powers
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26CONG.html?pagewanted=print
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26RIGH.html
New Anti-Terror Laws for US
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1620000/1620473.stm
Terror Bill's Effects to Be Immediate
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085299oct26.story
Tough Anti-Terror Campaign Pledged
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53129-2001Oct25.html
Legislation Gutting Privacy Standards Passes; Several Provisions Survive
Sunset
http://www.cdt.org/press/011025press.shtml
Memo to Ashcroft: Read "Marbury"
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZQJ7036TC
Law Could Open Doors for Net Surveillance
("Ashcroft will direct prosecutors and FBI to monitor Internet traffic")
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7656969.html
FBI Seeking to Wiretap Internet
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,37203,00.html
House bill provides oversight of Carnivore
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011024/us/attacks_e_mail_1.html
Surveillance: Businesses to Hold E-Mail Records for 12 Months
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=true&id=011017
001949
German Carriers Told to Install Cyber-Snooping Tech
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171516.html
Internet Could Reveal Sensitive Information to Enemies
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/WTC_011015_InternetSec
rets.html
Pakistani Hackers Deface US Site With Ultimatum
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171217.html
http://defaced.alldas.de/mirror/2001/10/17/anburs.kc.noaa.gov
http://defaced.alldas.de/mirror/2001/10/20/www.dtepi.mil
Information Warfare
http://www.techreview.com/magazine/nov01/freedman.asp
"cyber-liberties swept away by tidal wave of security concerns"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/646793.asp
"today's curbs on freedom are nothing compared with earlier wars"
(the Wall Street Journal is leading the assault on civil liberties)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95001363
extreme assault on civil liberties in Florida
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZTMIY39TC
Airlines Aggressively Profile Fliers
http://www.msnbc.com/news/646421.asp
Amsterdam airport using iris scanning
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/international/europe/25AMST.html
Logan Will Test Face-Data Security
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/298/metro/Logan_will_test_face_data_securi
ty+.shtml
face recognition systems at "several Logan airport checkpoints"
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/26/national/26LOGA.html
Army Kicks Off New Secure Smart ID Card Era
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-tech-smartcards-military.ht
ml
ID System for Port Workers Considered
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000084897oct25.story
Two in France Sentenced for Supplying Fake IDs to Extremists
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085316oct26.story
National ID Card System Failing to Attract Supporters
(despite what you hear from Oracle's hype machine and the San Jose Mercury)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084646oct24.story
Pentagon Makes Rush Order for Anti-Terror Surveillance Technology
("against faraway enemies, as well as American airports and shopping malls")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53844-2001Oct25.html
Risks, Costs Weighed in Terror Response
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085045oct25.story
panel discussion on wartime civil liberties issues
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/privacy_panel_transcript.html
Convention Against Torture
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm
US Ratification of the Convention Against Torture
(search on "United States")
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/treaty12_asp.htm
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
US Map of Human Rights Groups
http://www.tolerance.org/maps/human_rights/
Airline Safety and Politics
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-000084497oct23.story
Airport Security Companies Talk of Lawsuits If US Takes Over Their Duties
(ugh)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/business/25AIR.html?pagewanted=print
House Zealots Block Anti-Terror Efforts
http://www.newyorkobserver.com/pages/conason.asp
Safety Panel Nudges Agency on Revising Pilot Rest Rules
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24PLAN.html
Air Security May Require IT Overhaul
(if so then it will take years and be a nightmare)
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/10/23/airport.security.idg/
F-16s Force Down Small Plane
http://www.sptimes.com/News/102501/TampaBay/F_16s_force_down_smal.shtml
Man Boards Plane With Pistol
(they fired the employee who let him through -- that'll fix it!)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47913-2001Oct24.html
conservative opposition to airport safety and money laundering regulations
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/01/49/new-bearman2.shtml
Crime, Illicit Markets, and Money Laundering
http://www.ceip.org/files/pdf/mgi-ch3.pdf
Anti-Money Laundering: Efforts in the Securities Industry
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-02-111
Agents to Track Money
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53142-2001Oct25.html
Agencies Seek Better Ways to Spot Terrorist Funds
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47813-2001Oct24.html
Bin Laden's Nuclear Threat
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350025-2001372097,00.html
Terrorism and Nuclear Power
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=bivens20011024
Nuclear Plants' Vulnerability Raised Attack Concerns
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48190-2001Oct24.html
IOC Official: US War on Terrorism Puts Salt Lake City Games in Doubt
http://www.sltrib.com/2001/oct/10242001/utah/142882.htm
For This Homeland Defender, Terror Is a Local Matter
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/national/27LIVE.html?pagewanted=print
Error and Attack Tolerance of Complex Networks (2000)
http://www.nd.edu/~networks/Papers/nature_attack.pdf
Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security (1982)
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/art7095.php
arguments that it's all about oil
"Afghanistan as a corridor to the untapped fuel reserves in central Asia"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,579401,00.html
"a pro-western Kabul regime should give the US an Afghan route for Caspian
oil"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,579174,00.html
Route to Riches
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,579401,00.html
The Geopolitics of War
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011105&s=klare
A Essay on the Events of September 11 2001 to the Anti-Globalisation
Movement
http://www.nologo.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/11/1833245&mode=nocomment&thresho
ld=
US Seeks Export Route for Turkmen Gas, Bypassing Iran
http://www.middleeastwire.com/iran/business/stories/20011022_2_meno.shtml
comment
sources of the problem in Saudi Wahhabism
http://www.indexonline.org/news/401_20011018_ali.shtml
Arab Intellectual: We, Not the US, Are the Lawful Parents of Bin Laden
(you might have to scroll down a bit)
http://www.newaus.com.au/news290arabletter.html
"Now Is the Time for Islamic Introspection"
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=87288
September 11 Attacks Impossible Without Help of US Groups
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=10/22/01&Cat=2&Num=014
Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
http://members.aol.com/superogue/homepage.htm
It's Time Americans Asked, "Why Us?"
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=10017
What Powerful States Call Terrorism May Be an Inevitable Response to
Injustice
("inevitable" is a weasel word, but "terrorism" is too often used
selectively)
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1025-06.htm
A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084510oct23.story
Anti-Terrorism Questions for Bush
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/092901b.html
Unintended Consequences
(of US policy in Iran)
http://www.alternet.org/print.html?StoryID=11796
Holy War: America Keeps Its Faith in the B-2 Bomber
http://www.pitch.com/issues/2001-10-25/janovy.html
At the Pace of the Offensive, the Taliban Will Survive the Winter
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000085244oct26.story
Bush's Mideast Charade
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/opinion/25SAFI.html
"Brutality Smeared in Peanut Butter"
("why America must stop the war now")
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4283081,00.html
Unilateralism Dead? That's a Myth Perception
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084530oct24.column
Heritage Foundation Hawks
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemId=12191
A New Agenda to Counter Terrorism
http://www.fpif.org/justice/tobedone.html
crumbling public sector makes US vulnerable
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1024-01.htm
Poor Services Aid Terrorists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,581095,00.html
the CPUSA argues that the Soviet Union was Afghanistan's best friend
(some interesting history, though)
http://www.pww.org/past-weeks-2001/Afghanistan%20-%20Some%20overlooked%20his
tory.htm
Islamic Militancy in Central Asia: What Is to Be Done?
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/0110ismil.html
Taliban Should Be Overthrown by the Uprising of Afghan Nation
http://rawa.false.net/us-strikes.htm
"we have privatized our national security in many dangerous ways"
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084803oct25.story
Don't Scare the Public With Vague Warnings
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084529oct24.story
Reassurance Through Illusion, Rhetoric, and Fear-Mongering
http://www.infowarrior.org/articles/2001-09.html
ACLU, Unlike Taliban, Fights for Rights of All Americans
http://kz.mlive.com/columns/index.ssf?/news/stories/20011023kopnvcornwell102
3.frm
Why Al Gore Would Be a Better Wartime President
http://democrats.com/view.cfm?id=4957
Sealing Off the Capitol Would Wound Democracy
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084531oct24.story
Take a Guess: Who's Going to Pay for the Terror Economy?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084509oct23.story
the shameful House "stimulus" bill
Lawmakers' Votes on Economic Legislation Will Test Talk of Bipartisanship
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/national/24STIM.html?pagewanted=print
Ripple Effect From Attack: Suppliers Have No Demand
(this is why the House "stimulus" bill is a lie: without demand, why
invest?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/fashion/23FASH.html
return to ideology in the House
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53739-2001Oct25.html
http://www.tmsfeatures.com/TMSFeatures/fs_feature3/1,1303,20011024ts--s-a,00
.html
abject evil of the House "stimulus package"
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/opinion/24KRUG.html
House Consideration of Republican "Stimulus" Bill
http://www.truthout.com/10.26B.Rangel.outrage.htm
argument for economic stimulus in the normal sense of the word
(recessions are caused by a lack of demand, not a lack of investment)
http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/01/10/2001A25B49.html
news, information, and freedom of expression
Squelching the News in Democracy's Name
http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/commentary/opinion/warmedia.html
Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism
http://eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/antiterrorism_chill.html
The Media, the Military, and Striking the Right Balance
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/taylor2001-10-23.htm
Media Are Out of Step With Democracy: Acting as a Branch of Government
http://chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/oped/chi-0110220219oct22.story
New War Takes an Unclear Approach to Giving Out Information
http://chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0110250031oct25.story
Suppression Stifles Some Sites
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,47835,00.html
Taliban Reports Arrest of Japanese Journalist
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084641oct24.story
Jerry Falwell Tries to Cash In on Controversy
http://www.au.org/press/pr102201.htm
text of Sunera Thobani's speech
(the one that set off the National Post)
http://www.casac.ca/conf01_thobani.htm
Online Agitators Breaching Barriers in Mideast
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42283-2001Oct23.html
Guerra Contra el Terrorismo
(animated information graphics on the war)
http://www.elpais.es/multimedia/internacional/bases.html
US Terrorist Attacks: Global Terrorism Resources
http://www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id1737/pg1/
Where to Find Military Information
http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/militaryinfo.htm
investigation
The Story of Ziad Samir Jarrah
(alleged terror pilot on flight 93)
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/featurestories/jarrah_101001/story.html
Business-Class Suspect Caught in Container
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350024-2001371211,00.html
Tracking Bin Laden's Disciples: Wiretaps Unravel Networks
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/296/nation/Wiretaps_unravel_networks+.shtm
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Germany Admits Failure to Detect Terrorist Plot
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,579883,00.html
Attackers Did Not Know They Were to Die
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/archive/article/0,,4276865,00.html
Egypt Terrorism Case Shows Limits to Allies' Cooperation
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085306oct26.story
Friends of Terror Suspect Say Allegations Make No Sense
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084350oct23.story
tolerance
story about a Muslim family in New Jersey
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59547-2001Oct26.html
Hate Crimes Against Muslims Nationwide Abate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53119-2001Oct25.html
Muslim Population Inflated, Studies Find
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085068oct25.story
In a Shift, Muslim Groups Cast Themselves as Loyal Critics
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/national/25ARAB.html
Tug of Faith Unsettles British Muslims
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/international/europe/24BRIT.html?pagewante
d=print
response
Unearthing an Elusive Death Count
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42272-2001Oct23.html
notes on the robots used in the WTC search
http://www.csee.usf.edu/robotics/crasar/
New York Attack Site Emits Toxins, Data Show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60045-2001Oct26.html
Competing Plans Hope to Shape a Trade Center Memorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/arts/25MEMO.html?pagewanted=print
Manhattan Neighbors Plan to "Rely on the Local Folks"
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000085337oct26.story
town in Canada that put up huge numbers of stranded passengers on Sept. 11th
http://www.gandercanada.com/
Dems Propose Creating E-Congress
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1022/web-ecap-10-24-01.asp
http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=131&subid=192&contentid=3865
The Transformation of Defense and Proliferation Policies After September
11th
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/templates/events.asp?p=8&EventID=397
Bin Laden Family to End Ties to Carlyle
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,5-2001365686,00.html
The Case for Catastrophe Bonds
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/business/25SCEN.html?pagewanted=print
evidence that Republicans are behind the recall attempt against Barbara Lee
(you may recall that they secretly backed a Green in Washington State)
http://www.sf.indymedia.org/2001/10/106816.php
A Year Later, Bigger Government Suddenly Gets a Better Reception
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084383oct23.story
background
Cuban intelligence file on Orlando Bosch, terrorist who Bush Sr. pardoned
http://cuban-exile.com/doc_051-075/doc0057.htm
http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/lost13.html
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