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Who's
Who in Afghanistan
The BBC offers this guide to the major groups and figures on
the ground in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, the Northern
Alliance and other important players.
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The Center for Disease Control anthrax
site.
Check out the Department
of Defense's super hip anthrax site.
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Secretary of the Defense Donald Rumsfeld's Quote
of the Day. (This is not a joke..)
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Bioterrorism
and Bioweapons Special Report
The New Scientist provides a collection of articles from 1996
to the present that explore technological strides, concerns,
and policy news related to biological attacks. From The
New Scientist
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There's only one way to end the anthrax
terrorist attacks, says the Libertarian
Party. " The outbreak of anthrax on Capitol Hill is
ultimate proof that nothing can protect all Americans from
unpredictable 'retail' terrorist attacks -- the only long-term
solution is to move towards a [non-interventionist] foreign
policy to deprive terrorists of their rationale for targeting
us....Our foreign policy should have one simple goal: To
defend Americans in the United States against the risk of
attack from foreign powers....Unfortunately, our current
policy does everything but that."
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America
Attacked -- News Graphics Archive from washingtonpost.com
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NSA
Entertained Dark Notions
U.S. military leaders proposed in 1962 a secret plan to commit
terrorist acts against Americans and blame Cuba to create a
pretext for invasion and the ouster of Communist leader Fidel
Castro, according to a new book about the National Security
Agency. From BaltimoreSun
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"The tree of liberty must be refreshed
from time to time with the blood of patriots and
tyrants."
--Thomas Jefferson
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A
Taliban foe explains why they won
Shortly before he was assassinated last September, former
Northern Alliance commander Ahmed Shah Masood offers an
enlightening take on how the Taliban gained control in
Afghanistan, and why they've since lost popularity. Key
factors: good slogans and indirect US support. From Omaid.com
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And
Now, A Message from our Sponsor
In attempts to gain control of Afghani radio waves,
Washington, London, and Paris are bombing transmitters and
jamming stations with anti-Taliban programming. From The
Index Reader
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Ridge's
Record on Crime and Punishment -- Former Pennsylvania
Governor Tom Ridge is now our Homeland Security chief. His
record in the Keystone State should concern anyone who cares
about privacy rights, civil liberties and the conduct of the
criminal justice system. From TomPaine.com
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"The only maxim of a free
government ought to be to trust no man living with power to
endanger the public liberty."
-- John Adams, "Notes for an Oration at Braintree",
1772
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Anthrax
for Export
An April 1998 report of US companies who helped Iraq obtain
the ingredients for a witch's brew. From The
Progressive
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Suppressed details of criminal insider trading
lead
directly to the CIA's highest ranks.
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Fingering
terrorists
The first-person account of the New York Post employee
who contracted cutaneous anthrax on her middle finger.
From NewYorkPost
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"I would rather be exposed to
the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those
attending too small a degree of it."
-- Thomas Jefferson to A. Stuart, 1791.
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"We
look at two different talk shows -- one Arabic, the other
English. What they reveal about the crisis at hand, is the
need for greater understanding between societies and peoples
around the world." From CairoOnline.com
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Watching
Our Tongue
The government can be expected to clam up in times of war --
but why are citizens muzzling themselves? From MotherJones.com
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Avoiding junk food news? Check out Project
Censored. In 1981 they reported that while research on
biological weapons was banned in 1969, the CIA still
maintained warfare stockpiles. Further, a 1998 story revealed
that the biological weapons materials in Iraq was
supplied by U.S. firms. In 1993 they told how the CIA was
unsuccessfully trying to buy back hundreds of surface-to-air
Stinger missiles it gave the Afghan guerrillas. The top
censored story of 1997 said the U.S. was the principal arms
merchant for the world and warned that U.S. troops may be at
risk from our own weapons. In 1984, Project Censored reported
that the U.S. had secretly given the Afghan rebels up to $300
million in covert aid, far more than the controversial $24
million it had given the Nicaraguan contras.
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"The Internet is the happiest
intellectual, journalistic and educational development in
history, and the thought of letting the weeds of prehensile
government crawl about it struck some as on the order of
enforced shutters on sunlight, or taps on
waterfalls."
--William F. Buckley, Jr.
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The
Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay
How much is the Unites States' cry for revenge really about
justice? What is the answer to terrorism? What will keep
events like those on September 11, 2001, from ever happening
again? From World
Council of Churches
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Shell
Game: Citibank Attacks Money-Laundering Regulations
Citibank, a known supporter of off-shore banks that help
clients hide funds, opposes anti-money laundering laws being
considered by Congress. From In
These Times
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No conquest can ever become
permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the
conquered as well as to the conquerors.
-- Thomas Carlyle
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The
Threat of Biological Terrorism
Do you think the government has the threat of biological
terror under control? You're wrong. From TomPaine.com
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"There is no little enemy."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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It's
the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It
In a misguided attempt at sensitivity, Clear Channel has sent
out a list of songs that shouldn't be played in the aftermath
of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
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"Tyranny is when the state can --
whenever it wants -- know where you are, what you're doing,
and from collateral information, what you're thinking."
-- Nat Hentoff
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The
Last Laugh
"As America finds itself in the throes of a national
tragedy, what place is there for comedy?" From The
Boston Phoenix
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A
Pacifist Dictionary
A pacifist defines what it means to be patriotic through
nonviolence. Though pacifism is mocked by mainstream media,
Kate Maloy writes how now is the most important time to stand
up for one's principles. From NonViolence
Web
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"Are we, as a nation, doing the
right thing in counterattacking in great force? Yes. Are we
forming alliances and cutting corners that will make us proud
tomorrow? Dunno."
-- William Safire
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War
Without Sacrifice
Can Average Citizens Participate in the War on Terrorism? by
David Corn Congress is going about business as usual --
passing tax cuts for the wealthy -- and Bush is calling on
patriotic Americans to do the same -- by shopping at the mall
and watching TV news. Whither heroism in the war on terrorism?
From TomPaine.com
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"If you love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquillity of servitude better than the animating
contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your
counsels or arms [and] may posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen."
--Samuel Adams
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