Here are some more URL's, largely opinion from various countries but also more details on war preparations and other things. Thanks to everyone who contributed. opinion from Britain Blair Must Say "Don't Go Mad, George" http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,552801,00.html Standing with the American People Should Not Mean Subjection to US Policy http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,552763,00.html skeptical comment on the war from a liberal paper in Britain http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/0,6903,156041,00.html Who Will Dare Damn Israel? http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,552607,00.html opinion from Iran comment on the prospective war from an Iranian government-run news service http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=9/17/01&Cat=4&Num=026 Iran Blocks Borders to Afghanistan (Iranian government news agency) http://www.irna.com/en/tnews/010916005027.etn00.shtml Tehran Must Stop Supporting Terrorism or Face Grave Consequences: Analysts (I assume and think this service is independent) http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2001/sep_2001/us_terrorism_13901.htm links to several news publications run by the Iranian government http://www.netiran.com/dailynews.html large collection of links to iranian media (several in english) http://gooya.com/ opinion from other countries "All the Way with the USA" a Legal Minefield for Australia http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/17/world/world12.html A New War in a New Century http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/17/html/editorial.html liberal opinion about the prospective war from New Zealand http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00106.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0109/S00115.htm comment by Edward Said ("it is depressing how little time is spent trying to understand America") http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,552764,00.html belligerent demand to absorb Palestine into Israel http://www.ornery.org/essays/2001-09-11-1.html Strike at the Roots ("but action against terrorism mustn't take anti-Islamic hue") http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010917/ed1.html The View From Islamabad http://www.zmag.org/hoodcalam.htm A Political, Not a Military Solution Is Required http://www.zmag.org/alicalam.htm The Politics of Hate http://www.elpais.es/articulo.html?d_date=20010912&xref=20010912elpepiopi_5&type=Tes&anchor=elpepiopi war It Will Be War Without Battlefields: Bush http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/17/world/world8.html US Is Said to Weigh Afghan Invasion http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/nation/US_is_said_to_weigh_Afghan_invasion+.shtml "We Will Smoke Them Out" http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/17/world/world1.html New Wave of Assaults May Hit Oil Refineries http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/17/world/world3.html Pakistan Key for Afghan Attack http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109162215.htm US Faces Islamic Radical Network http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109162100.htm Quiet Anger of Islam's Foot Soldiers Spells Danger for Attackers http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/17/world/world10.html Even Some Adversaries Offer Kind Words, but Deepening Violence Is Feared http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38393-2001Sep15.html The Conflict Over War http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38104-2001Sep15.html Leaders Take Cautious Approach http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/17/world/world9.html speculation from India about what Pakistan wants for cooperating with the US http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010917/top1.html Experts Suggest Bio War Could Be Worse http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010916/us/attacks_bioterror_4.html "McCain is concerned about broad authority granted to the president" http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000074619sep16.story Jailed Aid Workers' Cause Nearly Forgotten http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000074615sep16.story terrorism Israeli Security Issued Urgent Warning to CIA of Large-Scale Terror Attacks http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/16/wcia16.xml Black September and the Black September Terror Movement (from a Lebanese site) http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/black.html United States Institute of Peace: How Terrorism Ends http://www.usip.org/oc/sr/sr990525/sr990525.html civil liberties Land of the Not-as-Free? http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/opinion/edit/082562.htm argument against eroding civil liberties http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000074529sep16.story Ashcroft: Toughen Laws to Fight Terrorism http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/inv.ashcroft.congress/ response Logan Reopens Amid Tight Security http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/nation/Logan_reopens_amid_tight_security+.shtml how New Yorkers responded to the disaster http://www.msnbc.com/news/629543.asp Search and Rescue: A Firefighter's Ambivalent Take http://slate.msn.com/code/ThisJustIn/ThisJustIn.asp?Show=9/16/2001&idMessage=8302 "dozens of wireless signals have originated from the wreckage of the WTC" http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-202-7191650.html background The Taliban and Afghanistan: Implications for Regional Security http://www.usip.org/oc/sr/sr_afghan.html Taliban and Afghanistan Web Links http://www.usip.org/library/regions/afghan.html good site on Afghan geography, languages, history, etc http://watanonline.homestead.com/main.html Aviation Security: Long-Standing Problems Impair Airport Screeners' Performance http://www.gao.gov/archive/2000/rc00075.pdf Resources Relating to the Events of September 11, 2001 (from a respected librarian in Washington) http://www.freepint.com/gary/91101.html news Indymedia retraction of the report that CNN used old video of Palestinians http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=64419 http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=64366 When Words Fail: The Stilted Language of Tragedy http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000074516sep16.story end
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