Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I want to emphasize again that press reports, which are never totally reliable, are definitely unreliable in wartime. I have not tried to annotate all of the articles below that I am uncertain of. Use your judgement. Also, a correction. In the essay I sent out earlier this evening, I prematurely announced Ronald Reagan's death. He is ill but he's still here, living about two miles from me. I'm sorry about that. Airports shouldn't be named after people who are still alive, and it was late at night. war Bush Advisers Split on Scope of Retaliation http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/international/20POLI.html Secret Plans for 10-Year War http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001320010-2001325231,00.html Debate Over Targets Highlights Difficulty of War on Terrorism http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A433-2001Sep20.html Bold Move Could Be Quite Challenging http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010920/3646685s.htm US Army Says Ready for Land Combat (but then Rumsfeld, decrying all precedents, refuses even to call it "combat") http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Military.html Taliban Tries to Sell a Lemon, US Won't Buy http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010921/top1.html US "Planned Attack on Taleban" http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1550000/1550366.stm Weekend Alert as FBI Warns of New Attack http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001320010-2001324997,00.html Analysis: Catching Bin Laden http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/newsid_1550000/1550962.stm Officials Told of "Major Assault" Plans http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075563sep20.story British Forces in Action "Within Days" http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=95249 Osama Has Already Left Afghanistan (Pakistan newspaper) http://www.jang-group.com/thenews/sep2001-daily/21-09-2001/main/main2.htm article on Muslim militancy in Southeast Asia http://www.feer.com/2001/0109_27/p020region.html US Promises Indonesia Millions in Aid After Key Talks http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20010920185509&irec=1 list of organizations allegedly allied with Osama bin Laden, by country http://www.forbes.com/2001/09/14/0914osamaallies.html Militant Islam Unsettles Indonesia and Its Region http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/international/asia/21REGI.html Tajiks, Uzbeks Deny Deal for Airbases http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A475-2001Sep20.html Unfolding Catastrophe for Afghan Refugees http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1152-2001Sep20.html UN Bolsters Afghan Refugee Aid http://asia.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/19/ret.afghan.refugees/ UN's Top Refugee Official Urges Afghanistan's Neighbours to Keep Borders Open http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/page2.html#20 Malaysia's Move to Curb Militants Now Seen as Prescient http://www.nstpi.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/NewsBreak/20010916174439/Article/ Dangers Loom in the New Conflict http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075556sep20.story Taliban Will Unravel if Key Players Gone, Experts Say http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075552sep20.story "Infinite Justice" May Not Stand, Pentagon (now they're going to call it Operation Holy War) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010920/ts/attack_name_dc_2.html investigation Bin Laden's Money Takes Hidden Paths to Agents of Terror http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A642-2001Sep20.html Following the Money Trail http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1553000/1553153.stm Money Trail a Long and Winding Road http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075578sep20.story Apparent Role of Saudis Draws Scrutiny to Kingdom's Tensions http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1161-2001Sep20.html Texas Muslims Draw FBI Scrutiny http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075562sep20.story Terrorists Leave Paperless Trail http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46991,00.html Mossad Warned CIA of Attacks: Report http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/09/17/News/News.34954.html Hijackers Exploited DMV Loophole http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1156-2001Sep20.html A Saddam Connection? http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/09/21/iraq/print.html "Suicide Hijacker" Is an Airline Pilot Alive and Well in Jeddah http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=94438 Some Hijackers' Identities Unclear http://www.msnbc.com/news/628563.asp Saudis and Indians Cast Doubts on Identities of Accused http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/20WIRE-SUSPECTS.html Takeoff Delay May Have Been Vital for Flight 93 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075560sep20.story Aboard Flight 11, a Chilling Voice http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075553sep20.story "Watch List" Didn't Get to Airline http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075548sep20.story comment Musharrafspeak: The General's Rabble-Rousing Is Best Ignored http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010921/ed1.html Fatwa Question Details http://www.islamonline.net/fatwaapplication/english/display.asp?hFatwaID=49756 Terrorism Can Be Fought Only Politically http://www.indian-express.com/ie20010921/ed4.html True Patriotism Is the Opposite of Jingoism http://la.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=10566 Why a Crusade Will Lead to a Jihad http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=94583 summaries of newspaper reactions to US foreign policy from around the world http://usinfo.state.gov/admin/005/wwwhmenu.html Dave Letterman's 9/17 monologue on resuming his show after the attack http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/dave_tv/ls_dtv_monologues.shtml It's the US Foreign Policy, Stupid http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1000850489976&call_page=TS_News_Columnists&call_pageid=970599109774&call_pagepath=News/Columnists Outlaws of the World Outside the Law's Reach http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/21/opinion/opinion4.html Victory May Prove as Elusive as Justice for an Angry US http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/21/opinion/opinion5.html Fighting Terrorism http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/21/html/editorial.html First, Define the Battlefield (you can't fight terror by becoming a terrorist) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/opinion/21WALZ.html World Press Review - Terrorist Attacks on United States http://www.worldpress.org/specials/wtc/front.htm The Empathy Gap http://www.tmsfeatures.com/TMSFeatures/fs_feature3/1,1303,20010919ts--s-a,00.html Louis Farrakhan's Press Conference: "Attack on America" http://noi.org/press-events/transcript_us.attacked09-16-2001.htm The Electronic Intifada ("countering myth, distortion, and spin from the Israeli media war machine") http://www.electronicintifada.org/new.html Freedom Flees in Terror from September 11 Disaster http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=14924 The Free Market Tide Has Turned http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,554867,00.html Don't Let CIA Loose Again http://www.denverpost.com/news/carman.htm/ Courage, Cowardice, And Terrorism: Choosing Our Goal Carefully http://writ.news.findlaw.com/lazarus/20010918.html Terrorism, Liberty, and Community: We Need a Stronger Focus On the Common Good (communitarians have some good ideas but they're going off the deep end) http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20010918_idleman.html Not War, Crimes http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20010919_spiro.html "to fight will be hard, but not to fight would be worse" http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=788398 Revenge, Retaliation and Collective Guilt http://writ.news.findlaw.com/mariner/20010917.html comment advocating support for the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000075484sep20.story Why the Spooks Screwed Up (they *always* screw up because they care about operations not intelligence) http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010924/nintelligence.html Andrew Sullivan's "Fifth Column" Rhetoric (demented accusations that opponents of the war are traitors) http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2001_09_16_archive.html#5801755 Grieving Voice Pleads for Peace http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-09-18/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-125616.asp civil liberties and security Groups Fault Plan to Listen, Search, and Seize http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/national/21CIVI.html http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20010920.atc.17.ram Caution Is Urged on Terrorism Legislation http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1156-2001Sep20.html Concern Over Proposed Changes in Internet Surveillance http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/technology/21CYBERLAW.html Databases May Be Used to Screen Air Travelers http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075576sep20.story The Press' Newsgathering Privilege Must Be Respected http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20010920_hentoff.html The Civil Liberties We Need to Keep, and Those We Can Afford to Lose http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20010920.htm Sunset Provision Can Put a Halt to Twilight of Liberty (sunset provisions are a good step, but don't fix flawed proposals) http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000075483sep20.story EU Tighten Anti-Terrorist Laws (does anyone have analysis from European civil liberties organizations?) http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/20/urest.xml University of Texas president denounces a professor for his war dissent http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~fugue/nowar/jensen-houchron.txt Hackers Strike Middle Eastern Sites http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/19/hack-attack-launched.htm Holes in US Airport Security http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1554000/1554241.stm http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20010920.atc.07.ram Arduous Airport Searches Welcomed by TIA Travelers http://www.sptimes.com/News/092001/TampaBay/Arduous_airport_searc.shtml Warplanes Tail Commercial Jet After Pilots Lose Radio Contact http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0109190249sep19.story Many Travelers on Airlines Appeal for Tighter Security (but still the airlines resist) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/national/21AIRP.html Change Ahead for Troubled Boston Airport Agency http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/national/21MASS.html?pagewanted=print Metro Moves to Improve Bus, Rail Security http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A219-2001Sep20.html US Seeking Greater Role in Airport Security http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A710-2001Sep20.html Airlines Fought Security Changes http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/263/nation/Airlines_fought_security_changes+.shtml President Calls on Congress to Pass Airport Security Bill http://www-tech.mit.edu/V116/N40/airport.40w.html Terror Up Close Gave Air Safety a Lift in Britain (American air safety is definitely a joke compared to British) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/international/europe/20MANC.html Flight Security Still All but Overlooks Workers http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075559sep20.story A Weapon Unfathomed: Jet Fuel http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075557sep20.story 'rethinking skycraper design and building evacuation procedures" http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/usterror/usterror.jsp?id=ns99991319 proposed technical fixes to prevent hijacking of aircraft (all of which invite their own unintended consequences) http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/usterror/usterror.jsp?id=ns99991322 Financial Firms Are Scattering Operations http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/21/business/21WALL.html child shoots himself with a gun his father bought to protect against terrorists ("the gun was hanging on a window curtain rod above the child's bed") http://www.wtop.com/news/news-story.jhtml?NewsId=193102 tolerance Delta pilot orders a Pakistani passenger off the plane for no reason http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=987&xlc=307544&xld=987 http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20010920.atc.19.ram Afghan Kebab House Disappears From New York http://www.nstpi.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/Frontpage/20010920153632/Article/ repulsive Congressman's non-apology for disparaging Arab-Americans http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-attacks-congressman0920sep20.story A Priestly Collar, a Mosque, a Friendship http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000075482sep20.story Turbans Make Sikhs Innocent Targets http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075577sep20.story Suspicion and Silence Jolt Self-Image of the Tolerant (Muslims aren't any more likely to be criminals than any other group) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075574sep20.story Feeling Like the Enemy Within http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075549sep20.story new reports from the General Accounting Office Terrorist Acts Illustrate Severe Weaknesses in Aviation Security http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-01-1166t Terrorist Acts Demand Urgent Need to Improve Security at the Nation's Airports http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-01-1162t Commercial Aviation: A Framework for Considering Financial Assistance http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-01-1163t Combating Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-01-822 terrorism and military discourse International Terrorism (from MI5 in UK) http://www.mi5.gov.uk/threats2.htm Canadian Security Intelligence Service: Biological Weapons Proliferation http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/miscdocs/200005_e.html Chronological History of Biological Warfare and Terrorism http://www.bioterry.com/History_of_Biological_Terrorism.asp Analysts Rethink Image of Suicide Bombers http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075573sep20.story War, Peace and Security Guide, from Canadian Forces College http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/ Homeland Defense: Defending America in the 21st Century ("homeland defense" is a very unfortunate phrase; recall "heimatschutz") http://www.csis.org/homeland/ The Trial of German Major War Criminals (explaining the original use of "heimatschutz") http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-01/tgmwc-01-07-05.shtml response Bull's-Eye Say Egyptians as They Celebrate Anti-US Attacks ("story was censored from this week's edition") http://www.metimes.com/2K1/issue2001-37/eg/bulls_eye_say.htm CU Veterinarian Aids Rescue Dogs at Site of World Trade Center http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicles/9.20.01/WTC_dogs.html Students, Faculty Hold Teach-In to Try to Understand Roots of Terrorism http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicles/9.20.01/teach-in.html a particularly good global photo collection of attack memorials http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tchemp/temp/thankyou.html New York at Risk of Flooding http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1553000/1553074.stm What's Lurking in That Smoke? (conflicting reports in the media about dangers from the smoke) http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2001/nf20010920_2238.htm An Unimaginable Emergency Put Communications to the Test http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/technology/circuits/20INFR.html Billions Will Be Spent on Replacing Technology (with technology that is utterly and egregiously insecure) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/nyregion/20COMP.html US Weighs $180-Billion Economic Rescue Package http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075550sep20.story A Law Professor Discusses His Difficult Return to the Classroom http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20010917_wolff.html national support group for surviving family members of fire fighters http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20010920.atc.20.ram news and information World in Crisis, Media in Conflict http://www.mediachannel.org/atissue/conflict/ New York Public Library: Dealing With Disaster http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib115.html resources relating to the terrorist attacks http://sonewmedia.com/resources/war2001/ Resources for Dealing with Tragedy http://www.ala.org/alsc/dealing_with_tragedy.html Resources for Teachers on the September 11th Tragedy and the Response http://www.teachingforchange.org/Sept11.htm another world newspaper site, now in a free trial period http://test.newspaperdirect.com/servlets/catalog/member background fact sheet about oil and oil pipelines in Afghanistan (December 2000) http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/afghan.html Blundering Into Afghanistan http://slate.msn.com/HistoryLesson/01-09-19/HistoryLesson.asp Middle East Research and Information Project http://www.merip.org/ Revisiting the Twelve Myths of Central Asia http://www.ceip.org/files/pdf/Olcott.pdf "the leading authority on money laundering" http://www.moneylaundering.com/ Saudi bin Ladin Group (this is the bin Ladin family's company, not Osama's) http://www.saudi-binladin-group.com/ New Book on NSA Sheds Light on Secrets (April 2001) http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.md.nsa24apr24.story To Some Pakistanis, Bin Laden "Like a God" but Moderates See Future in West http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010920/3646686s.htm legacy of the Gulf War The Myth of Surgical Bombing in the Gulf War http://www.deoxy.org/wc/wc-myth.htm The Massacre of Withdrawing Soldiers on "The Highway of Death" http://www.deoxy.org/wc/wc-death.htm How the US deliberately destroyed Iraq's water http://www.progressive.org/0801issue/nagy0901.html Iraq Water Treatment Vulnerabilities http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/declassdocs/dia/19950901/950901_511rept_91.html Iraq: A decade of sanctions http://www.icrc.org/Icrceng.nsf/Index/040171E49481B741412568A20030CA99 end
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