[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 19:16:01 PST


Here are some more URL's.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.

RRE home page: <http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html>


war

Hundreds of Troops Dozed in the Sun. These Were the Taliban Elite
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,605679,00.html

Victorious Warlords Set to Open the Opium Floodgates
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,605618,00.html

Hidden Letters Reveal Dark Secrets of School for Terror
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,605669,00.html

Twisted Laws Fueled Reign of Terror by Talib Police
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000094052nov25.story

Probe Reconstructs Horror, Calculated Attacks on Planes
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/327/nation/Probe_reconstructs_horror_calculated_attacks_on_planes+.shtml

Beating the Terrorists: Egypt Used Torture to Crack Network
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/article/0,,9002-2001540888,00.html

Terror Links in Europe: MI5 Knew for Years of London Mosque's Role
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/article/0,,9002-2001544231,00.html

Command Given Homeland Defense Mission
http://www.jfcom.mil/NewsLink/StoryArchive/pa102601.htm
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/b10262001_bt542-01.html

The War for Oil Subtext in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1125-06.htm

The True Cost of Oil
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7800-2001Nov23.html

After Bombs Must Come Civil Rights
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000093968nov25.story

US Targets Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/article/0,,9002-2001544397,00.html

Mexico's War on Terror
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/112401a.html


Middle East

Personal Faith and State Loyalty
http://www.dawn.com/2001/11/25/op.htm#3

Muslim Leadership Crisis
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/articles.asp?id=5&date1=11/24/2001

What Went Wrong in the Arab World? Ask Yourself
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000093988nov25.story

Learning From Israel and Its Mistakes
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/opinion/25SEGE.html

Vanished Victims of Israelis Return to Accuse Sharon
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,605668,00.html

Journal Axes Gene Research on Jews and Palestinians
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,605798,00.html

A Hard Look at Iraq Sanctions
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011203&s=cortright


civil liberties

Ashcroft to Face Tough Senate Grilling on Tribunals
("the wave of arrests did not materialize")
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011125/ts/attack_court_congress_dc_1.html

Anti-Terror Wiretap Rule Is Illegal
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpdas232475049nov23.story

anti-terrorism bill had almost nothing to do with the September 11th attacks
(the main exception was the part about money laundering)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/watc/20011125.watc.07.ram

America's "Disappeared"
http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/561/5war2.htm

Pakistani comment on civil liberties in the United States
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/articles.asp?id=1&date1=11/24/2001

"anti-terrorism bill undermines human rights convention and rule of law"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,605924,00.html

All the Presidents' Words Hushed
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-000093967nov25.story

US Frames New Rules for Visas to Saudis
http://www.dawn.com/2001/11/25/int9.htm

post-9/11 life is tough on immigrants
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7924-2001Nov23.html


everything else

Hybrid DDoS Worm Strikes Microsoft Servers
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2826892,00.html

Microsoft Settlement Agreement
http://microsoft.com/presspass/legal/ca/11-20settlement.asp

Chaos Communication Congress, Berlin, 27-29 December 2001
http://www.ccc.de/congress/

Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Peer-to-Peer Is Not Always Decentralized: When Centralization Is Good
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/p2pweb2001/view/e_sess/1574

the bottomless debacle of private toll roads in Orange County
(how many disasters will we tolerate before the privatization fad ends?)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000094004nov25.story

entertaining rant about evolutionary theory and DNA computers
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/watc/20011125.watc.05.ram

a more complete version of my bibliography about jargon
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/understanding.html

jargon watch: the metaphor of criticism as murderous attack
(from a buffoon who can't see that he's a prime example of his own complaint)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25416

The Sacking of Science at Interior
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000093972nov25.story

conservatives believe in freedom and markets, right?
(well, that theory sure doesn't explain the evidence)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/opinion/25KRUG.html

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