Here are 150+ more URL's about the war, including extensive coverage of the anthrax attacks, criticism of American war strategy, the Muslim world generally, and the problem of Saudi Arabia in particular. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Next edition on Friday evening. Please send me items that are not likely to appear in the mainstream media. RRE home page: <http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html> Please forward this message to anyone who can use it. war US to Launch More "Fierce and Bloody" Afghan Raids http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02035.html The Ground War: Into the Fray http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,180475,00.html Under the Devastating Fire of the Spectres http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa01034.html CIA Told to Do "Whatever Necessary" to Kill Bin Laden ("Cheney says war against terrorism 'may never end'") http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27452-2001Oct20.html Taliban Placing Hopes on Age-Old Hit-and-Hide Strategy http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083918oct21.story despite predictions, a few days of bombing hasn't caused the Taliban to crumble http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083898oct21.story Alliance May Get US Nod to Take Kabul http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/23/world/world1.html Today the Soldiers Hurl Taunts; Tomorrow It Will Be Rockets http://www.observer.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,564797,00.html Help for Rebels as Bush Takes Gloves Off http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/23/world/world2.html article about one of our nastiest "allies" in Northern Afghanistan http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20011019/744421.html&qs=goats Straw Calls for Quick Response to Taliban Collapse http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,579096,00.html Meeting in Orange County, Afghans Talk of Rebuilding Nation http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083865oct21.story At Pentagon, Worries Over War's Costs, Consequences ("you've probably created hundreds of new terrorists") http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27875-2001Oct20.html Bush Works to Define a War Without Clear Lines http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084169oct22.story US Said to Pledge Not to Expand War http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1015-02.htm Afghanistan "Small Piece" of War, Top US Brass Says http://news.excite.com/news/r/011021/12/politics-attack-military-piece-dc full-text scripts of radio the US is broadcasting into Afghanistan http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/d20011015radio.pdf "I know where bin Laden is" http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350019-2001363425,00.html Pakistan's Wild West http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/pakistan/ Propaganda War May Miss Targets http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/21/ret.propaganda.war/ Allies' Support Steady, but Concern Is Growing http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084170oct22.story US Still Unilateralist: French Foreign Minister http://www.ttc.org/ta11021b.htm How the US and Britain Reward Countries Offering Support in War Against Taliban http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4281381,00.html US Looks to Drones for Edge on Battlefield http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083598oct20.story For Toughest US Troops, Highest-Tech Combat Gear http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083580oct20.story Fernandes Warns of "Specific Action" Against Pak Proxy War (danger of escalation in Kashmir) http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/211001/dlnat20.asp Vietnam Calls Orange County Group Terrorists, Demands Halt http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083896oct21.story Prominent Lawyer Killed in Mexico (this is terrorism) http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Mexico-Lawyer-Killed.html the problem of Saudi Arabia Saudi Wall of Denial Foils Investigators http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110200166oct20.story Secrets of the Saudis http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02004.html The High, Hidden Cost of Saudi Arabian Oil http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/weekinreview/21BANE.html US Must Press Tainted Kingdom http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits21.html Feeling Sensitive, Saudi Sheiks Ask US Press to Lay Off http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/terror/front/1097448 Few Checks on Saudis Coming to US http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011020/us/attacks_saudi_visas_1.html Saudi Arabia Warns Citizens to Avoid Militants http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20011018_34.html Oil Omissions: Bush Sr, Cheney Have Big Stakes in Saudi Status Quo http://www.ccmep.org/hotnews/oil101801.html Tracking Bin Laden's Money Flow Leads Back to Midland, Texas http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/25/feature3.shtml Muslim world Israel Intensifies Assault on Palestinians http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083903oct21.story In Arab World, Palestinian Plight Eclipses Afghanistan http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083920oct21.story Java's Angry Young Muslims http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=824598 Why Peshawar's Youth Are Tinder for Islamic Extremism http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/magazine/21PESHAWAR.html How Restive Are Europe's Muslims? http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=824394 Milan Mosque Denies Link as Terror Incubator http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110220252oct22.story Police May Swoop on Baker Street Mullah http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02027.html The View From the Mosque http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,577838,00.html http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,577836,00.html http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,577837,00.html "violent eruptions in Nigeria may have more to do with politics than religion" http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=825403 Some Muslims Want to Kill Bin Laden Because He's Soft http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/21/stiusausa02030.html Interpreting Islamic Law for American Muslims http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21LAW.html?pagewanted=print Moderate Muslims Fear Their Message Is Being Ignored http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/middleeast/21ISLA.html?pagewanted=print Bombing Carves a Rift Among Muslims in US http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083584oct20.story New York Cleric's Departure From Mosque Leaves Mystery http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/nyregion/23IMAM.html Muslim Makes Bin Laden a Laughing Matter http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/18/nfuny18.xml Osama Bert Laden http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/weekinreview/14BOXB.html The Crusaders' Giant Footprints http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35989-2001Oct22.html Seeing Jesus From a Centuries-Old Muslim Perspective Is Fascinating http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083555oct20.story Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding http://www.cmcu.net/ Islam Has Become Its Own Enemy http://www.observer.co.uk/islam/story/0,1442,577943,00.html investigation Arrests Have Yielded Little So Far, Investigators Say http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21DETA.html?pagewanted=print Al Qaeda's Tracks Deepen in Europe http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31330-2001Oct21.html In Paris, a Frightening Look at Terror's Inconspicuous Face http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083901oct21.story FBI Inquiry Finds No Evidence of Al-Qaida Cells in Britain http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,579145,00.html FBI Considers Torture as Suspects Stay Silent (just this once, they figure -- we can stop whenever we want) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001350021-2001364909,00.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27748-2001Oct20.html Some Got Warning: Don't Go Downtown on September 11th http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-10-12/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-128273.asp No Insider Trading Before New York Attacks, Says FSA http://www.fincareer.com/Features/FeaturesCtl.jsp?microsite=reuters&articleId=3126 Egyptian Raised Terror Funds in US in 1990's http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/middleeast/23JIHA.html?pagewanted=print Money Trail Leads to Gulf Accounts http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083585oct20.story Focus of FBI Is Seen Shifting to Terrorism (amazing if true) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/national/21BURE.html anthrax and biowar On Many Fronts, Experts Plan for the Unthinkable: Biowarfare http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/health/anatomy/23PREP.html?pagewanted=all Prompt Response for Politicians, a Slower One for Postal Workers http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23RESP.html?pagewanted=print Anthrax Concerns Mount in Postal Service http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/10/22/anthrax/ Washington Post Office: Being Left in Gloom of Night Over Threat http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/national/23MAIL.html In Anthrax Puzzle, Some See Evidence Pointing Within US http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/294/nation/In_anthrax_puzzle_some_see_evidence_pointing_within_US+.shtml Anthrax Attacks Now Being Linked to US Right-Wing Cranks http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=100635 Domestic Extremists Ready to Take Advantage of Anthrax Scares http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/strike_domestic_threat011019.html Emboldened Abortion Foes Use Anthrax Threat to Spread Fear http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27538-2001Oct20.html Anthrax Threats Common at Clinics http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083593oct20.story Soviets' Silent Hysteria (the anthrax outbreak that they covered up) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083582oct20.story http://archive.showmenews.com/2001/oct/20011021news026.asp http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2001/10/22/003.html US Agrees to Clean Up Anthrax Site in Uzbekistan http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/23/international/asia/23TREA.html?pagewanted=print Q&A series on the anthrax attacks from the Palm Beach Post (a real newspaper) http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/friday/news_b3fcfa91132c705b00e9.html Fears of Global Anthrax Threat Grow http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011020/aponline111714_000.htm Anthrax: An Old Scare http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31255-2001Oct21.html Bush tries to use the anthrax attacks to erode Congress' spending authority http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011022/pl/attack_bush_budget_dc_7.html Antibiotic May Not Be the "Protection" You Envision http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33778-2001Oct22.html "instant screening for anthrax is now possible" http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=821937 Scientists Hunt Genetic Print of Anthrax Spores http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083928oct21.story Germ Banks Stock Dishes of Anthrax http://www.msnbc.com/news/645421.asp Staging Battle Against Anthrax in Mail Rooms http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000083472oct20.story Ironing Your Mail Not Such a Hot Idea http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134356050_solve19.html Secret US Germ Tests Threat to Treaty (9/5/01) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2001305743,00.html Emergency Plans Made to Head Off Smallpox http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/293/nation/Emergency_plans_made_to_head_off_smallpox+.shtml UN's Smallpox Terror Alert http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,578112,00.html Vets Warn of Terrorist Food Threat http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1601000/1601846.stm skepticism about the danger of chemical etc terror http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200110/msg00311.html Keeping Panic at Bay http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/opinion/21DIAM.html 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 civil liberties and security Terror Probe Raises Concerns About Civil Rights http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/22/inv.civil.rights/ "Who Is This Kafka That People Keep Mentioning?" (an innocent Saudi who was been swept up in the recent police raids) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/magazine/21MUSLIM.html Civic Center Security Called Too Restrictive (people are being required to show ID to attend public meetings) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083516oct20.story History Speaks Ill of Power to Snoop http://www0.mercurycenter.com/opinion/perspective/docs/spy21.htm Chretien Not Keen on Sunset Clause in Terror Bill (opposition to a sunset clause has no rational justification) http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011022/748243.html Hijacking Justice in the Name of National Security http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,579082,00.html Democracy and Justice Are Casualties http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2001365460,00.html latest key escrow proposal is abandoned http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/22/encryption.abandoned.idg/ Sneak and Peek Search Warrants on Anti-Terrorism Legislation http://www.aclu.org/congress/l101901a.html Bad Oracle: ID Cards Pick Up Steam http://www.nationalreview.com/daily/nr101901.shtml Digital IDs Can Help Prevent Terrorism by Larry Ellison (or at least they can help sell databases) http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001336 http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/ellisonqa20.htm Citibank Attacks Money-Laundering Regulations http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/25/news2.shtml "badly needed money-laundering legislation may be killed by special interests" http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/opinion/22MORG.html Egypt Renews Call to Put Nuclear Installations in ME Under IAEA Supervision http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/011020/2001102035.html Sellafield Attack "Could Be Worse Than Chernobyl" http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,578991,00.html Democrats Push for Airline Security Bill http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/10/20/rec.airline.security/ Feds: Airport Security Firm to Admit Violation http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/20/inv.airport.security/ DeLay Forges Ahead With GOP Plan for Airport Safety (embracing the private security companies despite their endless violations) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27885-2001Oct20.html Airports Deactivate Thousands of Defunct Security Badges http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083938oct21.story Lax Security Still Plagues Many Airports ("Every airport had its own security. They were little empires.") http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27523-2001Oct20.html For Flight Crews, Security Is New Focus http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30933-2001Oct21.html Terrorism and Technology in the New Millennium (very strange but sort of instructive) http://www.afp.gov.au/raw/Publications/Platypus/Dec99/terror.htm architectural consequences of the terrorist attacks http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000083719oct21.story Blacklisted Groups Visible on Web http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47616,00.html news and freedom of expression right-wing Canadian newspaper's campaign against a war dissident (search for "Thobani" at the National Post site) http://www.nationalpost.com/ defenses of Thobani http://www.zmag.org/landsbigotry.htm http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/columns/rebick/rebick011005.html what Thobani actually said http://clients.loudeye.com/imc/vancouver/sunerathobaniO1-56video.rm http://www.vancouver.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=5903&group=webcast The Right's Fights for Free(ish) Speech http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/10/nyhan-b-10-22.html the demand for lock-step wartime uniformity is not the American way http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-000083808oct21.story AAUP Statement Decries Attempts to "Demonize" Scholars Critical of War http://chronicle.com/daily/2001/10/2001102202n.htm Bush's War at Home: Government Censorship, Secrecy, and Lies http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/oct2001/demo-o13.shtml A New Crop of War Reporters http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000082212oct15.story hazards of reporting on the war http://dailynorthwestern.com/daily/issues/2001/10/11/nyou/laforet.shtml criticism of British reporter who tried to sneak into Afghanistan http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,573958,00.html Thirty Journalists Reported to Be Held Hostage by Afghans http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-1256999,00.html Arab TV-News Station Is Playing It Fair http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vppin182419767oct18.column Mideast News Network Has Fans Here http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/10/18/MN8417.DTL The CNN of the Arab World Deserves Our Respect http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000084262oct22.story Military Is Putting Heavier Limits on Reporters' Access http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/international/21VIDE.html?pagewanted=print another site with links to world newspapers http://www.ipl.org/reading/news/ comment Bush Is Giving Bin Laden the War He Wants http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/25/feature1.shtml The Wrong Battle Plan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19459-2001Oct19.html America's Ill-Conceived War on Terror http://www.msnbc.com/news/645002.asp Why This War Will Not Work http://www.observer.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1501,578021,00.html We Can't Win This Way http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24969 "Unclear Objectives" http://yellowtimes.org/bjohnson/bjohnson_102001.html This Is the Third World War and the Stakes Are High http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=100457 A Half-Baked Plan to Oust Saddam http://www.bouldernews.com/opinion/columnists/20eoped.html "Nuke 'em" Not a Valid Tactic http://web.star-telegram.com/content/fortworth/2001/10/21/columnist/1956532671.htm?template=articleTemplateID.htm The So-Called Evidence Is a Farce http://www.narconews.com/goff1.html Don't Blame It on Bill Clinton http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/column.billpress/ Quarterly Forecast: Emerging from the Wreckage http://www.stratfor.com/SERVICES/GIU/4q2001.htm The Dollar Could Be Headed for Hard Times If OPEC Switches to the Euro http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/ Evil Evildoers of Evil ("how to feel patriotic and yet not reassured by Bush and company") http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/10/19/notes101901.DTL There's More to This War Than "Goodness vs. Evil" http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.witcover19oct19.column?coll=ba comment from an international mediator at a Mennonite university http://www.mediate.com/articles/terror911.cfm If the CIA Had Butted Out of Iran (our opposition to democracy in the Middle East is come back to bite us) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-000083832oct21.story Egyptian report on the US antiwar movement http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/554/fall2.htm jargon watch: stop abusing moral language to pretend that others have no morals (Americans should stand up to this kind of toxic sophistry) http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000083565oct20.story jargon watch: "let's take back our schools, churches and charities" (a fabulous museum of jargon techniques honed down to the flick of a wrist) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=95001347 background Who the Afghans Are and What Motivates Them: A Reading List http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/books/20TANK.html Taliban May Have Origin in Ancient Tribe of Israel http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/20/MN.DTL University Helped US Reach Out to Taliban http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110210071oct21.story Did China Buy US Cruise Missiles From Bin Laden? http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4281417,00.html links from the Study of Islam Section at the American Academy of Religion http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm Bin Laden's Oxford Days http://www.truthout.com/0691.Laden.Oxford.htm article on Halliburton's dealings with Iraq during Dick Cheney's time as CEO http://www.sfbg.com/reality/04.html Oil Development, Conflict and Displacement in Western Upper Nile, Sudan http://www.ideationconferences.com/sudanreport2001/resourcepage.htm links relating to Caspian region oil http://www.cornellcaspian.com/pub/19_0108Kazakh-China.htm http://resources.net.az/d/rn.htm Journal of Counterterrorism and Security International http://www.iacsp.com/publications.html CIA Internship Program http://www.cia.gov/cia/employment/jobpostings/intern.htm response Sifting Mountains of Debris for Slivers of Solace http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/21/nyregion/21BELO.html New York State of Minds Now Emotionally Fragile http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000084172oct22.story nobody is having a good day http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/sunday/news_b32d0504412562340009.html after the attacks, Republican smears have stopped working in Virginia http://www.thenewrepublic.com/102901/zengerle102901.html Afghans Report Beginning of Backlash http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0110210078oct21.story Muslim Students Find Montana Town Friendly http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/10/15/montana/index.html Once-Insular Americans Studying Up on the World http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000083899oct21.story end
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