foreign minister defects to Pakistan.
NEW
Taliban moderates secretly say they'll try to negotiate the
turnover of Bin Laden to U.S. if the U.S. ceases bombing for a few days.
NEW
The Taliban may lose a key city to opponents the Northern Alliance.
NYC ma
yor Giuliani rejects $10 million from Saudi prince when Prince also
asks U.S. to re-evaluate its foreign policy, specifically to "adopt a more b
alanced stance" toward the Palestinian problem. The prince's comment,
"`Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of
Israelis while the world turns the other cheek,'' was considered "part of th
e problem" by Giuliani.
Democrats say Republicans playing politics in war on terrorism - Accuse GOP of using war for political purposes
10-10-01: Refugees becoming major problem in U.S.-led
coalition against terrorism
10-09-01:
Food
drops are declared woefully insufficient to Afghan refugees; main aid
agencies
rej
ect U.S. air drops. "...the US is prepared to drop, at its own best estimate, bare
ly one quarter of one day's needs."
10-10-01: U
.S. Senator Debates Anti-Terrorist Bill "...crucial that civil liberties in this country be preserved"
10-09-01: British say Islamic group taught combat classes in U.S.
The United States and the United Kingdom have begun air strikes
Latest - Attack on Afghanistan Begins
G-7 vows to smash terrorist financial networks - CNN
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Protecting the United States - "Is America ready, and more important, is it structured to deal with the long-term war against global terror?"
Islamic Republics : The future of the "Stans"
- "Oil, Islamic fundamentalism, kidnap and ransom,
alongside leaders who see their vast countries as
personal fiefdoms, are just the surface issues"
Ayman Al-Zawahiri: attention turns to the other prime suspect
The New Gold Mines of Central Asia by Dr. Walid Majid, Institue for Afghan Studies
China-Israel ties worry US by Harvey Morris
Why Middle Eastern Terrorists Hate the United States
With us or against us -In America the "war against terror" sanctions some surprising alliances but covers a multitude of sins
Risks are seen in eased curbs on arms sales in South Asia
U.S. set to sell high-tech weapons to Pakistan.. could this destablize the Pakistan/India relationship?
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Tracking Terrorist Money -- Too Hot For U.S. to Handle? - by Lucy Komisar
7500 "non-published" - no record - accounts at European banks may be used by terrorists as well as multinationals at European Clearstream Bank-- called one of the "black boxes of financial globalization"
Some in G.O.P. Balk at Growing Federal Role By Alison Mitchell and Richard L. Berke
Apparently it's not unpatriotic for Republicans to disagree with the President.
Blasts from the past - The weaponry the Taliban could turn on us may be our own, the relics of a $7 billion Cold War campaign. - by By Ken Silverstein,
Florida's continued alert status criticized - By Peter Wallsten and Leslie Clark
"The order allows the state to, among other things, ``seize and utilize any and all real or personal property,'' order evacuations and ``regulate the movement of any or all persons to or from any location in the state.''"
Dallas lawyer confirmed as envoy to Saudi Arabia Lawyer with no diplomatic experience defended Dubya against insider trading charges
House panel passes anti-terror package - By JULIE MASON
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Republicans push for 'energy security bill'
Friends like these - by Eric Boehlert
Why did so many of the Sept. 11 hijackers have ties to Saudi Arabia? Why can't the U.S. use Saudi bases to fight the war on terrorism? What Americans don't know about their best Muslim ally.
How the plotters slipped US net - Duncan Campbell, The Guardian
Mainstreaming the Anti-War Movement -- Geov Parrish, AlterNet
" Almost immediately, there was a significant, and broad,
counter-current to America's impulse for revenge."
US 'planned attack on Taleban' - By the BBC's George Arney
Threat of US strikes passed to
Taliban weeks before NY attack
- Jonathan Steele, Ewen MacAskill, Richard Norton-Taylor and Ed Harriman
Why? An attempt to explain the
unexplainable --By Rahul Bedi
1998 meeting between bin Laden and Iraqi intelligence getting new
look in attack investigation
-- by John J. Lumpkin
Taliban invites Jesse Jackson to lead 'peace delegation' to Pakistan
US Government & Corporate Media Prepare for War; Anti-War Sentiment Growing - "There's anti-American economic sentiment -- the United States (as) the engine of globalization, which is seen as oppressive to people and to the environment. That's why the World Trade Center was hit."
Deconstructing the war of words
- "Each side in this conflict has striven to lend
legitimacy to its cause by employing loaded terms,
which carry significant implications and specific
connotations on both political and religious levels."
News agency receives purported bin Laden message
Taliban Threaten to Kill Remaining U.N. Workers in Afghanistan
The Taliban have threatened to execute any U.N. worker who uses computers and communications equipment in Afghanistan, forcing a near halt to the remaining relief work in the country, U.N. officials said Monday.