11 Sept and the 'war on terrorism'

11 Sept and the 'war on terrorism'
- September 2001 to February 2002 archive

Statements and articles from overseas February 2002

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Washington Broods Over X-Ray Prognosis, Matthew Engel, 28 February 2002

Democrats Criticize Pentagon Budget, Anti-Terror War, Vernon Loeb and Bradley Graham, 28 February 2002

North Korean Enemy Should Be Made Friend, Ji-Yeon Yuh, 27 February 2002

Anthrax Murders - Mr X a former U.S. bioweapons researcher? Rick Mercier, 27 February 2002

What's God Got to Do With It? Robert Scheer, 26 February 2002

U.S. Urged Not to Expand Aid to Colombian Army, Jim Lobe, 26 February 2002

The Disappeared, Andrew Gumbel, 26 February 2002

Only One Source for News Hurts All, John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, 26 February 2002

The Homegrown Nuclear Threat, Carrie Benzschawel, 26 February 2002

The Bush Oil-igarchy's Pipeline Protection Package, Arianna Huffington, 25 February 2002

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Who is the Biggest Rogue of All? In Its Unilateralist Disregard, U.S. is the Real 'Rogue State', Richard B. Du Boff and Edward S. Herman, 25 February 2002

Europe Goes Off the U.S. Leash, Harvey Simmons, 25 February 2002

Patriotic Dissent, Jordan Moss, 24 February 2002

Shoulder to Shoulder with China as He Parades His Hypocrisy Round the World... Just What is Bush Using for a Brain? Ian Bell, 24 February 2002

Evil is in the Eye of the Beholder, Stephanie Salter, 24 February 2002

Personal Testimony of an Israeli Refusenik, Asaf Oron, 24 February 2002

Blair and Bush to plot war on Iraq, Kamal Ahmed, 24 February 2002

Journalists Are Now Targets - But Who is to Blame for This? Robert Fisk, 23 February 2002

Helping Colombia Help an Oil Company, Christopher Brauchli, 23 February 2002

Europe Seethes as the U.S. Flies Solo in World Affairs, Steven Erlanger, 23 February 2002

Bush Mimics Reagan and the Corporate Stranglehold on U.S. Media Tightens, Tom Turnipseed, 23 February 2002

Sharon's Doomsday Scenario, Joy-Ann Lomena Reid, 23 February 2002

Respecting the Laws that Govern Nations, Veterans for Peace, 22 February 2002

Lies Can Come Back to Hurt You, Flora Lewis, 22 February 2002

Defense Firms Feast on the War on Terror, Conn Hallinan, 22 February 2002

The Ministry of Truth, Paul Knox, 22 February 2002

What Has War Brought Us So Far? Hubert G. Locke, 22 February 2002

Afghanistan Kofi Annan calls for greater gender-equality, IRIN, 21 February 2002

Glimmer of Hope in the Middle East, Marty Jezer, 21 February 2002

Europe must stop parroting the American script in the Middle East, Robert Fisk, 21 February 2002

Washington blocks $5bn supplies to Iraq, Reuters, 21 February 2002

A Prospect of One War After the Other, William Pfaff, 21 February 2002

Is It Better Now?A New Film Depicts Old Realities in Afghanistan, Laura Flanders, 20 February 2002

Déjà vu All Over Again, Nancy Snow, 20 February 2002

US Planes Bomb Afghan Opposition, Richard Norton-Taylor, 20 February 2002

Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad, James Dao and Eric Schmitt, 19 February 2002

Bush's Radical Shift in Military Policy, James Carroll, 19 February 2002

W Uses Fear to Fatten Military Budget, Dave Zweifel, 18 February 2002

Saddam Hussein Is the All-American Bogeyman, Sheryl McCarthy, 18 February 2002

Journalism's Dangerous Patriotism, Salim Muwakkil, 18 February 2002

Labor Pains in Kabul Lead to Fatal Burst of Gunfire, Laura King, 18 February 2002

Locked in an Orwellian eternal war, Robert Fisk, to be published 18 February 2002

Another World Is Possible, Susan George, to be published 18 February 2002

A Prayer for America, US Representative Dennis Kucinich, 17 February 2002

OK, George, make with the friendly bombs, Terry Jones, 17 February 2002

America 'Chasing Phantoms' in Iraq Says Arms Expert, Robert Fisk, 17 February 2002

Awakening to a Peaceful World, John Campbell, 16 February 2002

America's New War We Should Not Back This Iraq Attack, Editorial, 16 February 2002

Take Down the Flags, We Clearly Won the War, Laura Santina, 15 February 2002

Peacefully Challenged in Palestine, Ramzi Kysia, 15 February 2002

Feeding The Compassionate Wolf, Cathryn Christy, 15 February 2002

Reports of rape, looting by Afghan militiamen warlord's followers terrorize the helpless, Anna Badkhen 15 February 2002

9/11 Families Unite to Launch Peaceful Tomorrows, Peaceful Tomorrows News Release,
14 February 2002

I Watched a Soldier Shoot at Children - A passing drama in the daily life of Palestinians under occupation, Lucy Winkett, 14 February 2002

The Others What If We Could See the Afghan Dead as We've Seen the September 11 Victims? Howard Zinn, to be published on 14 February 2002

The Bush Administration's Folly Arrogance of Arms Abroad and Access to Avarice at Home, Tom Turnipseed, 13 February 2002

Forget Drugs, This is About the Guerrillas the US is turning its attention and its guns towards Colombia, Isabel Hilton 13 February 2002

Bush Blunder Shows It's Time for Dissent, Robert Kuttner, 13 February 2002

Mystery Metal Nightmare in Afghanistan, Dai Williams, 12 February 2002

Israeli Reservists Show Uncommon Bravery, Amy Pagnozzi, 12 February 2002

America's Imperial War the liberals who backed the Afghan bombing are now lined up with rampant US militarism, George Monbiot, 12 February 2002

An Enron War On Terrorism, Jim Lobe and Lora Lumpe, 12 February 2002

Cowards In Our Midst Recent Missoula Hate Crimes Are Terrorism, Richard Wachs, 12 February 2002

Keep an Eye on Guantanamo Bay For a Glimpse Into Our Future, Stacey Warde, 12 February 2002

Uncertain Toll in the Fog of War Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan, Barry Bearak, 10 February 2002

Iraq Calls Bush's Bluff on Weapons Scrutiny, Scott Ritter, 10 February 2002

Armed to the Teeth, Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy, 10 February 2002

An Open Letter to George W. Bush, (Rev.) John Dear, 8 February 2002

Friends of Terrorism Bush's Decision to Bring Back Otto Reich Exposes the Hypocrisy of the War Against Terror, Duncan Campbell, 8 February 2002

Extravagant Language in Lieu of Sober War Aims, Flora Lewis, 8 February 2002

Axis Me No Questions... Eric Alterman, 8 February 2002

President Bush's hard-line rhetoric, Statement by Women Making Peace and Women's Peace Action against War (Korea), 7 February 2002

The War on Terror's Newest Target America's Kids, Arianna Huffington, 7 February 2002

Rumsfeld's Surrender, Robert L. Borosage, 7 February 2002

Mideast Policy Counterproductive, Edmund R. Hanauer, 7 February 2002

Killing Innocents Does Anyone Out There Care? Ed McManus, 7 February 2002

`Bomblets' Threaten Afghans cluster `duds' litter countryside, E.A. Torriero, 6 February 2002

Bush's $396 Billion Military Budget 'Leave No Defense Contractor Behind', William D. Hartung, 6 February 2002

A Peacemaker These Days, Leah C. Wells, 6 February 2002

Two World Forums Ideology vs. Pragmatism? Mark Weisbrot, 5 February 2002

Question Authority Media Finds Protesters an Easy Target, Ignores Erosion of Civil Rights, Laura Flanders, 5 February 2002

Ceasefire agreed on Afghan in-fighting, Patrick Cockburn, 4 February 2002

Bush All War All the Time, Stephanie Salter, 3 February 2002

Bush and Sharon Agree on Policy, Eric Margolis, 3 February 2002

Villagers Add to Reports of Raids Gone Astray, John F. Burns, 2 February 2002

The State of the Union and the New Cold War, Rahul Mahajan, 1 February 2002

Statements and articles from overseas January 2002

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To be anti-Bush is not anti-American, Natasha Walter, 31 January 2002

Only American National Interest Counts Now, Hugo Young, 31 January 2002

Identify Yourselves: Coalition Soldiers in Afghanistan are Endangering Aid Workers, Michelle Kelly and Morten Rostrup, 31 January 2002

As Captor, U.S. Risks Dehumanizing Itself, William Pfaff, 31 January 2002

The Smile of Policeman Agadi, Abdel Rahman al-Ahmed, 30 January 2002

Hands Up! This is Aggressive Accounting! Molly Ivins, 30 January 2002

George Bush's Permanent War, Matthew Rothschild, 30 January 2002

Dubya's Dream: This is the State of the Union Address George W Should Have Given to Congress Last Night - But Didn't Dare, Jonathan Freedland, 30 January 2002

A Woman's Touch: A Female Suicide Bomber Challenges Our Preconception of the Macho Killer, Laura Flanders, 29 January 2002

The Colder War, John Pilger, 29 January 2002

Follow the Geneva Convention, Michael Ratner, 29 January 2002

Exasperating arrogance, The Frontier Post, 29 January 2002

Donald Rumsfeld, Matinee Idol or Prevaricator-in-Chief? William D. Hartung, 29 January 2002

Americans Need to Expand Their View of the World, Arlene Stein, 29 January 2002

Sharon's OK Corral: with the Americans behind him, the Israeli leader thinks he can force Yasser Arafat into permanent exile, Robin Lustig, 28 January 2002

Long after the air raids, bomblets bring more death, Susan Goldenberg, 28 January 2002

If It's Good for America, It's Good for the World, Paul Rogers, 27 January 2002

The Heart of Darkness Beats Clear and Steady in Guantanamo Bay, Heather Mallick, 26 January 2002

We felt safer under Taliban, say Kabul residents, AFP, 25 January 2002

The man who would testify against Sharon is blown up - was this another targeted killing? Robert Fisk in Beirut, 25 January 2002

'Vietnam Syndrome' is Alive and Thriving, Mark Weisbrot, 25 January 2002

Turkey prosecutes Chomsky publisher for essay on Kurds, Robert Fisk, 24 January 2002

The Real Energy Crisis Is American Addiction to Oil, Marie Cocco, 24 January 2002

A Lot of People Hate the Double Standard Nation, Molly Ivins, 24 January 2002

Iraq: The Phantom Threat, Scott Ritter, 23 January 2002

Red Cross: US broke Geneva Conventions - but Blair has 'no substantial complaints' about treatment of al-Qa'ida suspects, Andrew Buncombe, Andrew Grice, and Nigel Morris, 22 January 2002

Congratulations, America. You have made bin Laden a happy man, Robert Fisk, 22 January 2002

55 Arrested at US Mission to the UN Urging Changes in US Foreign Policy, WRL, 22 January 2002

What Would MLK Do? After Sept. 11, Equality is Under Attack in the United States, Laura Flanders, 22 January 2002

Afghan Women Get Caught in US Abortion Politics, Marie Cocco, 22 January 2002

The War Against Terror is Making Villains of Us All, Richard Norton-Taylor, 22 January 2002

Stop This Brutality In Our Name, Mr Blair, Mirror Editorial, 21 January 2002

Denying Captives Rights Will Return to Haunt Us, Mary Robinson, 19 January 2002

A Communique From the Ghost of Mark Twain, Norman Solomon, 18 January 2002

To Honor MLK, Let's Speak Out Against War on Terrorism, Dave Winkler, 18 January 2002

To Get Deserved Security, End the Occupation, Marwan Barghouti, 18 January 2002

Will George Jr Go the Same Way As His Father? With New Talk of an Attack on Iraq, January 2002 is Looking More and More Like January 1991, Keith Suter, 18 January 2002

U.S. Will Be Judged on Captives Fate, Charles Levendosky, 17 January 2002

We Will Not Tolerate the Abuse of War Prisoners: Guantanamo Could Be Where America and Europe Part Company, Hugo Young, 17 January 2002

Anti-Terror Campaign Cloaking Human Rights Abuse: New Global Survey Finds Crackdown on Civil Liberties, Human Rights Watch, 16 January 2002

Reaching the Parts Other Empires Could Not Reach: In Return for Security in the Region, the US Will Snap Up Central Asia's Oil, Simon Tisdall, 16 January 2002

US Moves Fuel Bellicosity Elsewhere, James Carroll, 15 January 2002

Tony Blair Tours the World, and the American Empire Expands, William Pfaff, 14 January 2002

Blair's meeting with Arafat served to disguise his support for Sharon and the Zionist project, John Pilger, 10 January 2002

Afghanistan/USA: Prisoners must be treated humanely, Amnesty International 10 January 2002

No Military Solution to Terrorism, Richard Norton-Taylor 10 January 2002

Arms Buildup Is a Boon to Firm Run by Big Guns: Ex-President and Other Washington Elites are Behind the Carlyle Group, Mark Fineman, 10 January 2002

As Politicians Waffle, Debate Will Be Taxing, Molly Ivins 9 January 2002

Blood and Oil, Bill C. Davis 9 January 2002

Free Speech-Causality of War? Jeff Lustig 9 January 2002

Preventive Medicine, Paul J. Stamler 8 January 2002

Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body, Robert Scheer 8 January 2002

Preventive Medicine, Paul J. Stamler, 8 January 2002

Need for Secular Public Square, Salim Muwakkil, 7 January 2002

As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap, John Lloyd, 7 January 2002

The Day Ashcroft Censored Freedom of Information, Ruth Rosen, 7 January 2002

Letter to Donald Rumsfeld, Amnesty International 7 January 2002

The Big Lie is Bush's Most Powerful Weapon, Ira Chernus, 6 January 2002

More Than Bush Bargained For? American Involvement Has South Asia on the Brink of Nuclear War, Eric Margolis, 6 January 2002

Changing World Meets Unchanged Worldview, Dan Carpenter, 6 January 2002

We Seek Him Here, We Seek Him There, John MacArthur, 5 January 2002

A Game Plan for this New Year, Stephanie Salter 2 January 2002

On the Brink: Will India Follow the U.S. Example and Respond to 'Terrorists' with Military Strikes? Laura Flanders, 2 January 2002

Civilian Death Toll is Not Big News, Vincent Browne, 2 January 2002

Statements and articles from overseas December 2001

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The War in Afghanistan, Noam Chomsky, 30 December 2001

On civilian casualties, Amnesty International, 20 December 2001.

The Taliban of the west: This war is threatening the very freedoms it claims to be defending, George Monbiot, 18 December 2001

The real story behind America’s war, John Pilger 17 December 2001

Critical Hope: Radical Citizenship in Reactionary Times, Robert Jensen, 17 December 2001

Empowered United Nations: Terrorism's Greatest Foe, Salim Muwakkil, 17 December 2001

A Fairy Tale at Christmas: Coverage of This War Has Played Down the Civilian Deaths and 4 Million Refugees, Feeding a New US Doctrine of Terror, Madeleine Bunting, 17 December 2001

New York, Dresden and Wounded Knee, Herbert W. Chilstrom, 17 December 2001

Capitol Hill Anthrax Matches Army's Stocks: 5 Labs Can Trace Spores to Ft. Detrick, Rick Weiss and Susan Schmidt, 16 December 2001

U.S. Should Reconsider Aid to Israel, Bill Maxwell, 16 December 2001

MPs want 'war crimes' investigation, Jo Dillon, 16 December 2001

Watch out for those Bush Photo-Ops, Molly Ivins, 15 December 2001

Coming to a Mall Near You: Just War, David Potorti 15 December 2001

Repressive Measures: India and China Have Seized on the Rhetoric of Anti-Terrorism to Steamroller Opposition, Isabel Hilton 15 December 2001

US Vetoes UN Resolution on Mideast Monitors 15 December 2001

We Refuse To Be Enemies: Hartford Jews And Muslims Call for Just Peace, Fatma Antar and Leslie Brett, 14 December 2001

ABM, Salt and Start. And Now the Finish: US Shuns World Opinion to Set Unilateralist Course, Matthew Engel 14 December 2001

"Sounds Good to Me....", Bill C. Dav 14 December 2001

Afghanistan, Continued: Does War Really Work? William D. Hartung 14 December 2001

OK, It's a Smoking Gun, but for Whom? Frank Smyth 14 December 2001

Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2001, Norman Solomon 14 December 2001

A Frank Letter Home From an Undisclosed Front, David Marsden 14 December 2001

Disaster that lives in this triumph, Natasha Walter, 13 December 2001

Beyond the Burqa: The Rights Women Need in Afghanistan are Basic Human Rights, Laura Flanders 13 December 2001

Missing Since 9-11: Women's Voices, Jennifer L. Pozner 13 December 2001

Greens Demand That Israel Cease Its Hypocritical 'War on Terrorism' Against Palestinian People, Green Party (USA) 12 December 2001

Grieving Families Walk For Peace, Amy Pagnozzi 12 December 2001

Civil Liberties and the Fear of Freedom, John Buell 12 December 2001

The Ghost of Christmas Future in the Land of the Free, Stephanie Salter 12 December 2001

By Any Standard, This is a War Against Afghans, Sonali Kolhatkar 12 December 2001

Letter to UN Security Council, Ramsey Clark, 11 December 2001

Eight Amendments, but Only the Second Seems Safe, Marie Cocco, 11 December 2001

U.S. Wages Overkill in Afghanistan, James E. Jennings, 11 December 2001

Fighting the Wrong War:Afghans Have Paid a High Price for a Campaign That Has Failed to Meet Its Original Aims, Jonathan Steele, 11 December 2001

The Trouble with Tribunals, Sean Gonsalves, 11 December 2001

United States Lawmakers Set to Strike Out at Global Tribunal, Jim Lobe, 11 December 2001

Race and Visibility: In the Shadow of September 11, M. Shahid Alam, 11 December 2001

Beyond 'TINA': Another World is Not Only Possible... It's Necessary! James Heddle, 10 December 2001

My Beating By Refugees is a Symbol of the Hatred and Fury of This Filthy War, Robert Fisk, 10 December 2001

Keeping Our Hands Clean in This War, Robyn Blumner, 9 December 2001

A Veil on the Truth, Cynthia Peters, 9 December 2001

America's New War: A Progress Report, Eric Margolis, 9 December 2001

The Deadly Pipeline War: US Afghan Policy Driven By Oil Interests, Marjorie Cohn, 8 December 2001

United They Stand, Mark Weisbrot, 8 December 2001

It's Credibility, Stupid! Marty Jezer, 8 December 2001

The Home Front Battle on Poverty Is Being Lost, Jay Levin, 8 December 2001

Perfect Timing: Ashcroft Gets Cover from Pearl Harbor Anniversary, Exposure from Timor Revelation, Laura Flanders, 7 December 2001

The Failure of War, Wendell Berry, December 2001

Pearl Harbor Myth Poses Dangers, Ira Chernus, 7 December 2001

Enron's Connections With Bush Go Way Back, Molly Ivins, 7 December 2001

Zahn on al-Jazeera - Cable Clash, Bill C Davis, 7 December 2001

Noam Chomsky: Saying What Media Don't Want Us to Hear, Norman Solomon, 7 December 2001

Critics Aid Terrorists Attorney General Argues, 7 December 2001

Our Best Point the Way: On the 100th anniversary of the Nobel prize, 100 Nobel laureates warn that our security hangs on environmental and social reform, 7 December 2001

Occupation as Terrorism, George Naggiar, 6 December 2001

Reconstructing Afghanistan: Statement by Global Exchange Women's Delegation to the Region, Medea Benjamin, 6 December 2001

For Journalists, A Question of Balance, Ellen Goodman,6 December 2001

September 11 and the Politics of University Teaching, Robert Jensen,6 December 2001

Targeting Arafat Is Not The Answer: Both sides will lose if the west forces his hand on Israel's behalf, Seumas Milne, 6 December 2001

Declaration of Solidarity with Brussels Proclamation, Parallel Session, 5 December 2001

Sharon's War Cannot Be Won, Ali Abunimah, 5 December 2001

Where are the Brave Leaders to Get Us Out of This Mess? Arie Arnon, 5 December 2001

The Global Justice Movement: Alive and Kicking, Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, 5 December 2001

The 'Turbanators' And The Terrorists: War Crimes And Media Omissions, Danny Schecter, 5 December 2001

The Brussels Proclamation, Afghan Women’s Summit for Democracy, 4 - 5 December 2001

'...Ask Questions Later', Bill C. Davis, 4 December 2001

Bush's Backing for Israeli Retaliation Puts Role as Broker into Question, Simon Tisdall, 4 December 2001

"Geographical Correctness" Could Be a Jolt: And now, a news dispatch from the Media Twilight Zone... Norman Solomon, 4 December 2001

This Terrible Conflict is the Last Colonial War, Robert Fisk, 4 December 2001

Amber Waves of Pain, Sean Gonsalves, 4 December 2001

A Village is Destroyed: And America Says Nothing Happened, Richard Lloyd Parry, 4 December 2001

Occupation Propels Conflict, Hussein Ibish, 4 December 2001

Fascism In Defense of Freedom is a Vise, James Heddle, 3 December 2001

Vigilance Needed as Cold War II Grips US, Robert Kuttner, 3 December 2001

A Letter from America: The United States is in Denial About Why So Many Millions in the World Regard It as Their Enemy, Wallace Shawn, 3 December 2001

Is This What We Mean By Victory? Salim Muwakkil, 3 December 2001

Special Interests: Since Sept. 11, Lobbyists Use New Pitches for Old Pleas, David E. Rosenbaum, 3 December 2001

US Bombs Hit Wrong Target for Second Time in Two Days, Richard Lloyd Parry, 3 December 2001

Leaders Exploit Victims to Continue Violence, Ryan Amundson,2 December 2001

Bush's Inexperience is Showing: Dire Threats Emanating from Washington Have Horrified America's Allies, Eric Margolis, 2 December 2001

This Dangerous Patriot's Game: After 11 September, the US Introduced Laws That 'Mirror the Worst Excesses of Some Dictatorships', Patricia Williams, 2 December 2001

Lies, Damned Lies, and War, Frida Berrigan, 2 December 2001 2 December 2001

Secret US Plan for Iraq War: Bush Orders Backing for Rebels to Topple Saddam 2 December 2001

It Can Happen Here, Anthony Lewis, 1 December 2001

Statements and articles from overseas November 2001

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George, the Pope and the Sanctity of Human Life, Bill C. Davis , 30 November 2001

Wake Up, America, Anthony Lewis , 30 November 2001

It is Still America Against the World, War or No War: hopes of the growth of a new multilateralism are exaggerated, Martin Woollacott , 30 November 2001

'We'll fight to the end, martyrdom is our victory', Robert Fisk, 30 November 2001

What Went Wrong in Arab World? America, Ask Yourself, Hussein Ibish, 29 November 2001

Democracy Was 'Under Attack' in Florida, Too , 29 November 2001

There is No Excuse for This Savagery: We Too Are Responsible for the Massacre at Qala-i-Jhangi Fort, Isabel Hilton 29 November 2001

We Are the War Criminals Now, Robert Fisk, 29 November 2001

The Hostage Nation: Former UN Relief Chiefs Speak Out Against an Attack on Iraq, Hans von Sponeck and Denis Halliday, 29 November 2001

The War We Need: One in Five New Yorkers Used Emergency Food Aid Before 9.11, And Now Its Worse Laura Flanders, 29 November 2001

Playing the Great Game: As the Afghan War Reaches a Climax, Questions About the Slaughter of Prisoners Cannot Be Brushed Aside, Jonathan Freedland , 28 November 2001

It's Too Quiet On This Bus, Ira Chernus, 28 November 2001

A Continuum of Terror - From Mujahedeen to al-Qaeda, Tom Turnipseed, 28 November 2001

Debating Alternate Realities, Danny Schechter 28 November 2001

New Evidence Indicates Palestinians Died Hours After Surviving Camp Massacres, Robert Fisk, 28 November 2001

Who's afraid of the Women in Black? Paulette Chu, 26 November 2001

The truths they never tell us, John Pilger, 26 November 2001

Poking Holes in the Constitution, Robert Kuttner, 26 November 2001

Blood, Tears, Terror and Tragedy Behind the Lines, Robert Fisk, 26 November 2001

Aftershocks That Will Eventually Shake Us All, Fred Halliday, 25 November 2001

The War for Oil Subtext in Afghanistan, Fran Shor, 25 November 2001

Let's Not Reinvent The Peace-making Wheel, Laura Flanders, 25 November 2001

The Siege of Kunduz is a Defining Moment For Us All, Fergal Keane, 24 November 2001

Family Members of 9/11 Victims to Lead DC-NYC Peace Walk: Our Grief is Not a Cry for War, Voices in the Wilderness, 24 November 2001

The Nature of Our National Leadership's Priorities Remains Seriously Imbalanced, Ralph Nader, 24 November 2001

Behind the jargon about failed states and humanitarian interventions lie thousands of dead, John Pilger, 23 November 2001

Reflections On 'Wartime', Barbara Kingsolver, 23 November 2001

Leaflets Falling in Afghanistan Hide the Facts, Heather Wokusch, 23 November 2001

Fear of Bloodbath as Alliance Advances on Kunduz, Luke Harding, Rory McCarthy and Ewen MacAskill, 23 November 2001

These Refugees Are Our Responsibility, Natasha Walter, 22 November 2001

Broadcasting and Bombing: America's Message of Greed and Violence for Thanksgiving and Ramadan as We Leave the Children Behind, Tom Turnipseed, 22 November 2001

A Hollow Victory: The Afghan War Has Increased Hunger and Banditry But Will Not Reduce the Terror Threat, Seumas Milne, 22 November 2001

Why do they hate us, Part II, Justin Podur, 21 November 2001

Turning Towards Iraq: The Rout of the Taliban is Not Enough for the White House Hawks, They Have Saddam in Their Sights, Jonathan Freedland, 21 November 2001

Meditation Before Thanksgiving, Harris Sussman, 21 November 2001

Dispatch from Anthrackistan: On the Front Lines of the War Against Dissent, Martin A. Lee, 21 November 2001

World opinion opposes the attack on Afghanistan, David Miller, 21 November 2001

Going Backwards: In War, It's Power to the President, Dana Milbank, 20 November 2001

This Raging Colossus: the new US uthlessness may turn out to be a greater threat than the Islamist fanaticism that provoked it, Madeleine Bunting, 19 November 2001

Is Afghanistan War Worth the Price? Ira Chernus, 19 November 2001

Our Friends in the North Are Just as Treacherous and Murderous, Robert Fisk, 19 November 2001

Thousands Protest at Army School, Elliott Minor, 19 November 2001

Secret Trial by Military Commission Is Not Justice, Anne-Marie Slaughter, 19 November 2001

7.5 Million Starving, Alouette Mayer, 18 November 2001

When the Dust Settles in Afghanistan, Where Will Bush Take His War on Terror? Rupert Cornwell, 18 November 2001

Thousands Call for End to War in London March, Hannah Cowdy, 18 November 2001

Forget the Clichés, There is No Easy Way for the West to Sort This Out, Robert Fisk, 17 November 2001

Where Next - Alabama? Jonathan D Farley, 17 November 2001

Fear and Numbing in the TV Zone, Norman Solomon, 17 November 2001

This war of lies goes on, John Pilger, 17 November 2001

The logic of our time, Saul Landau, November 2001

I Come from a Family of Terrorists, John W. Warnock, November 2001

Cluster Bomblets Litter Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch, 16 November 2001

Al Qaeda Duped? Nuke Manual Looks Like Internet Hoax, James Ridgeway, 16 November 2001

Terrorism a Matter of Perspective, Barbara Robinson, 16 November 2001

This Must Be The End, Andrew Murray, 16 November 2001

Anxiety as Terror of the Taliban is Replaced by a New Dread of Ethnic Cleansing, Kate Clark, 16 November 2001

Kill, Kill, Kill, Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, 16 November 2001

US National Council of Churches Opposes Bombing, Don Lattin, 16 November 2001

Bush's Secret Court: Legal System in a Burka, Jonathan Turley, 15 November 2001

US is Brutalizing Principles of Justice, Editorial, 15 November 2001

Blasting Our Way to Peace, George Monbiot, 15 November 2001

Out of the Ashes and Tragedy of September 11, 2001, Statement of the NCCCUSA, 15 November 2001

Most Afghans Don't Share This Optimism, Felicity Lawrence and Jonathan Steele, 14 November 2001

Reporters Have to Press Harder About Afghanistan, Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan, 14 November 2001

What Will the Northern Alliance Do in Our Name Now? I Dread to Think, Robert Fisk, 14 November 2001

CNN (Becoming) a Shadow of Once-Great Network, Stephanie Salter, 14 November 2001

Warning: Media Management Now In Effect, Danny Schechter, 14 November 2001

Bush's Cynical 'Crisis' Agendas, Paul Krugman, 13 November 2001

Behind the media veil: Hearing from Afghan women about what should be done to foster peace, Laura Flanders, 13 November 2001

Real Evildoer? The World's Nuclear Arsenal, Robert Scheer, 13 November 2001

No Surprise at Rumors of New Atrocities by Our 'Foot-Soldiers', Robert Fisk, 13 November 2001

Hundreds of Pakistanis Believed Massacred: Northern Alliance Shoots Troops Taliban Left Behind, Luke Harding and Rory McCarthy, 13 November 2001

RAWA Statement on Northern Alliance, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, 13 November 2001

Where are the Broads? The Not-So 'Broad Front' Looking to Rule Post-Taliban Afghanistan, Laura Flanders, 12 November 2001

Tackle Terror at Its Roots, Tony Benn, 12 November 2001

Bush Warning to Allies Grates on European Nerves, William Pfaff, 12 November 2001

Corporations Profit Under the Guise of Patriotism, Salim Muwakkil, 12 November 2001

A Just Cause, Not a Just War, Howard Zinn, recevied 12 November 2001

I Love My Country: But Perhaps Not This One, Bill Kauffman, 11 November 2001

The New USA Patriot Act: By Any Means Necessary, Patricia Williams, November 2001

An Afghanistan Primer: The Good, the Bad and the... VERY Bad, Eric Margolis, 11 November 2001

We Can't Repress Opposing Views, Michele Fry, 11 November 2

The Sacrifices We Must Make, Stephanie Salter, 11 November 2001

'Compassionate Conservatism' Goes To War, Ira Chernus, 10 November 2001

The War's 'Dispensable' People, Rina Amiri, 10 November 2001

How We Became Enemies of Iran and Iraq, Christopher Brauchli, 10 November 2001

Corporate Patriotism, Ralph Nader, 10 November 2001

The 2000 Election Must Not Be Forgotten, John Nichols, 10 November 2001

Shifted Personal Priorities Create National Identity Crisis, Jonathon Fuqua, 9 November 2001

Wave the Flag and Reward Your Campaign Donors, Marty Jezer, 9 November 2001

Life On the Home Front in the War Against Terror, John Chuckman, 9 November 2001

Genocide As Collateral Damage, But With Sincere Regrets, Edward Herman, 9 November 2001

The Vietnam-Afghanistan Mirror, Bernard Weiner, 9 November 2001

UN fears 'disaster' over strikes near huge dam, Richard Lloyd Parry, 8 November 2001

Uzbekistan: Bush's New Best Friend, Frida Berrigan, 8 November 2001

The Deadly Risks of Being Pro-Choice, Allison Brewer, 8 November 2001

Is the Attorney General the New King of the United States? Reggie Rivers, 8 November 2001

The Joint Strike Fighter: The Deal of the Century, Michelle Ciarrocca, 8 November 2001

Hypocrisy, Hatred and the War on Terror, Robert Fisk, 8 November 2001

Weapons of Mass Destruction: U.S. is Dropping World's Biggest Non-Nuclear bomb in Afghanistan, Laura Flanders, 8 November 2001

US Strong on Theory - Weak on Evidence, Vincent Browne, 7 November 2001

Flashpoint, Elliott Colla and Chris Toensing, received 7 November 2001

Getting the Right Result: Nicaragua's Election Showed the US Still Won't Allow a Free Vote, Duncan Campbell, 7 November 2001

Findings of Independent Fact-Finding Mission on the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and on its Borders, Oxfam Canada, 6 November 2001

Where Are You? Millions Face Death This Winter in Afghanistan and We Can Prevent it, Geov Parrish, 6 November 2001

The Ugly American Mindset, John R. MacArthur, 6 November 2001

Bystander Apathy: The Battle for Our Hearts and Minds, Heather Wokusch, 6 November 2001

Bombing Could Lead to Increase in Terrorism, Thomas Walkom, 6 November 2001

Focus on the Real Terror: Gun Violence, Joan Ryan, 6 November 2001

Blood On the Diamonds, Holly Burkhalter, 6 November 2001

Bombing With Blindfolds On, James Carroll, 6 November 2001

Decent People Reject Terrorism and U.S. Bombing at the Same Time, Chandra Muzaffar, 5 November 2001

So Far We Took The Low Road But ... The Road Less Traveled May Yield Success for America, Salim Muwakkil, 5 November 2001

No Retreat in Doha, Madeleine Bunting, 5 November 2001

Come on, You Liberals, Nick Cohen, 4 November 2001

Veiled Threat, Barbara Ehrenreich, 4 November 2001

First, the Bad News, Then ... The Bad News, Eric Margolis, 4 November 2001

A Sandinista Lesson for Afghanistan, Marc Cooper, 4 November 2001

U.S. teen vows court battle over anti-war stance, 4 November 2001

Holding Terrorists Accountable? It Depends on the Color and the Cause... Tim Wise, 4 November 2001

My Job is to Report What I See, Not What People Want to Hear, Fergal Keane, 3 November 2001

My Life and September 11, Harris Sussman, 3 November 2001

Green Party USA coordinator detained at airport, Green Party USA, 2 November 2001

An End to Our Holiday From History, Anthony B. Robinson, 2 November 2001

The Return of the B-52s, Richard Norton-Taylor, 2 November 2001

A War Against Civilians? Mark Weisbrot 2 November 2001

The World Series in a Time of Crisis, Norman Solomon, 2 November 2001

Insurance Industry Aid Deemed Critical, But Not Coverage For All Americans, Matthew Miller, 2 November 2001

Voices for the Voiceless, Seth Sandronsky, 2 November 2001

US Bombs Are Boosting the Taliban, Abdul Haq , 2 November 2001

Victory Gardens?! Katha Pollitt, 1 November 2001

The Oppressive World We May Unwittingly Create, Molly Ivins, 1 November 2001

Against dissent: why free speech is important as the US drops cluster bombs on Afghanistan, Robert Jensen, 1 November 2001

CNN Says Focus on Civilian Casualties Would Be 'Perverse', FAIR-L summary, 1 November 2001

Statements and articles from overseas October 2001

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Feminists Agonize Over War in Afghanistan: What Women Want, Sharon Lerner, 31 October 2001

Afghanistan Bombing Still Not Justified,Vincent Browne, 31 October 2001

Operation Enduring Avarice, Arianna Huffington, 31 October 2001

Winter in Afghanistan, Sean Gonsalves, 30 October 2001

Food or Cluster Bomb? Laura Flanders, 30 October 2001

Backyard Terrorism: The US Has Been Training Terrorists At a Camp in Georgia for Years - And It's Still At It, George Monbiot, 30 October 2001

We Need People, Not Propaganda, to Sell America to the World, Steve Lopez, 29 October 2001

Hidden Agenda Behind War on Terror, John Pilger, 29 October 2001

Just What is This 'Civilization'? Mary Riddell, 28 October 2001

Arms Sales Return to Haunt Us, Christopher Brauchli, 27 October 2001

We Have Learned Nothing, Warn Veterans: Thoughts turn to past conflicts for old soldiers, Kirsty Scott, 27 October 2001

How to Lose a War, Frank Rich, 27 October 2001

Dear Mr. Secretary: Letter to Health and Human Services Sec. Tommy Thompson, Laura Flanders, 26 October 2001

Farewell to Democracy in Pakistan, Robert Fisk, 26 October 2001

Poisoning the Well, Rahul Mahajan, 26 October 2001

All the News That Turns a Profit, Molly Ivins, 26 October 2001

War Needs Good Public Relations, Norman Solomon, 26 October 2001

Cluster Bombs: These are Landmines by Any Other Name, Simon Jenkins, 26 October 2001

Going Backwards: Anti-Terrorist Bill Passes to Groups Dismay, Jim Lobe, 26 October 2001

Terror and Tyranny: What Powerful States Call Terrorism May be an Inevitable Response to Injustice, Seumas Milne, 25 October 2001

We're All in This Together, but Actually We Aren't, Marie Cocco, 25 October 2001

Indebted America, Seth Sandronsky, 25 October 2001

NZ SAS troops deployed on Diego Garcia, BBC reports, 25 October 2001

History Confirms War a Futile Business, Dalton Camp, 24 October 2001

With U.S. Self-Interest, Don't Expect Change, Jeffrey Simpson, 24 October 2001

Squelching the News in Democracy's Name, Mark Crispin Miller, 24 October 2001

Afghans the Victims of US Terrorism: A Reply to Vituperative US Critics of Stance, Vincent Browne, 24 October 2001

Weighing World Trade, Terrorism and Democracy, John Buell 23 October 2001

America's Pipe Dream: A Pro-Western Regime in Kabul Should Give the US an Afghan Route for Caspian Oil, George Monbiot, 23 October 2001

As the Refugees Crowd the Borders, We'll Be Blaming Someone Else: 'It is palpably evident that they are not fleeing the Taliban but our bombs and missiles', Robert Fisk, 23 October 2001

A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions, Robert Scheer, 23 October 2001

'Enduring War' May Last Forever, Ira Chernus, 23 October 2001

Bastion of Dissent Offers Tribute to One of Its Heroes, Evelyn Nieves, 22 October 2001

This is Our Vietnam: Self-delusion has Led Us to Throw Away a Chance to Negotiate Peace and Nation-Build in Afghanistan, Madeleine Bunting, 22 October 2001

Media Are Out of Step With Democracy, Acting as a Branch of Government, Salim Muwakkil, 22 October 2001

The "Patriotic" Attack on Democracy and Higher Education, Robert Jensen, 22 October 2001

Privacy is Just So Suspicious, Robyn Blumner, 21 October 2001

Lambs to the Slaughter: It Can Never Be Acceptable to Sacrifice Civilians on the Altar of Military Expediency, Mary Riddell, 21 October 2001

Seeing Ourselves, Diana Abu-Jaber, 21 October 2001

The Limits of Waving a Flag in a Time of War, Carolyn See, 21 October 2001

Attack on the Bill of Rights, Marty Jezer, 19 October 2001

This War is not a Moral Enterprise: 'Those who oppose the bombing do not advocate inaction, but more discriminate action', Natasha Walter, 19 October 2001

War and the Televised Greatness of George W. Bush, Norman Solomon, 19 October 2001

Feeding Military Won't Make Us Safe, Brigitte H. Schulz, 19 October 2001

Oil Omissions: Bush Senior, Cheney Have Big Stakes in Saudi Status Quo, Laura Flanders, 18 October 2001

US Needs to Pursue Peaceful Solution, Rachel Giese, 18 Octobe

'Humanitarian' and 'Military' Don't Go Together, Morten Rostrup, 18 October 2001

War Is Peace, Arundhati Roy, 18 October 2001

A Shameful Silence as the Bombs Drop: Public figures should speak out against these indefensible raids, Jonathan Steele, 17 October 2001

Afghanistan: We Didn't Have To Do This, Stephanie Salter, 17 October 2001

Walk Softly in Nuclear South Asia, Zia Mian, 17 October 2001

Promises, Promises, Robert Fisk, 17 October 2001

Afghans the Victims of US Terrorism, Vincent Browne, 17 October 2001

Unleashing Hell, Ramzi Kysia, 17 October 2001

Week One: Operation Infinite Disaster, Chris Kromm, 16 October 2001

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: President Megawati and US Military Aid and Training, Frida Berrigan, 16 October 2001

They're Rich, They're Spoiled, They're Supporting Terrorists, Robert Scheer, 16 October 2001

Statement of the General Assembly, EWL, 16 September 2001

Please list as Gagging the Skeptics: the US, founded to protect basic freedoms, is now insisting that its critics are its enemies, George Monbiot, 16 October 2001

Evil at Home: Planned Parenthood Gets Threatening 'Anthrax' Letters, Laura Flanders, 16 October 2001

Facing the Enemy Within, Heather Wokusch, 16 October 2001

War on Terror: The Big Picture, John Pilger, 15 October 2001

Slaughter of the Innocent Bolsters View That This is War Against Islam, Robert Fisk, 15 October 2001

An America Above the Law, Jonathan Power, 15 October 2001

Islam Is Not The Culprit, Naseer Aruri, 15 October 2001

We Are All Victims Now, Gary Younge, 15 October 2001

Save the Children:The Most Potent Weapon in the West's Arsenal is Aid, Not Armaments, Mary Riddell, 14 October 2001

'Will a Few Holes in the Runway of Kandahar Airport Make a Difference?' , Robert Fisk, 14 October 2001

No Glory in Unjust War on the Weak , Barbara Kingsolver, 14 October 2001

Stop the War, Plead Parents of NY Victim, Duncan Campbell, 14 October 2001

Killing Them Softly: Starvation and Dollar Bills for Afghan Kids, Norman Solomon, 13 October 2001>

Intended to Unite, Displays of Patriotism Divide Some Schools, Stephanie Simon, 12 October 2001

U.S. Military Response is Wrong - And It Won't Work, Stephen Zunes, 12 October 2001

The Bioterror Road Doesn't Lead to Iraq, Scott Ritter,12 October 2001

A New Kind of War: "We're Making It Up As We Go Along", William D. Hartung, 12 October 2001

UNHCR expresses 'frustration' over obstacles in preparing for possible influx of refugees, UNHCR News, 11 October 2001

A Message to Troops, Would-be Troops and Other Youth, Jeff Paterson, 11 October 2001

The Civilian Toll, A. J. Chien, 11 October 2001

Ethics of This War Have Yet to be Spelled Out , Shaun A. Casey, 11 October 2001

Lurching Towards Catastrophe: Bush and Blair Have Become Bin Laden's Recruiting Sergeants, Seumas Milne, 11 October 2001

West Risks Culpability for a Massive Tragedy, Dominic Nutt, 11 October 2001

Looking For a Few Good Policies on Foreign Affairs, Molly Ivins, 11 October 2001

Where are the women in this war? Natasha Walter, 10 October 2001

US Deploys Tactical Nuclear Weapons In Afghanistan, DEBKA files, 10 October 2001

Bombs No Substitute for Justice, Vincent Browne, 10 October 2001

The Charge of the Trade Brigade, Maude Barlow, 10 October 2001

Proud To Be a Pacifist, Lewis Green, 10 October 2001

Already One Smart Bomb Has Proved Dumb, Derrick Z Jackson, 10 October 2001

Iraqis Know What New Yorkers are Suffering, Stephanie Salter, 10 October 2001

Five Reasons Why America Should Not Be at War, Robert Buzzanco, 9 October 2001

Folly of Aid and Bombs, George Monbiot, 9 October 2001

Lost in the Rhetorical Fog of War, Robert Fisk, 9 October 2001

TV News: A Militarized Zone, Norman Solomon, 9 October 2001

Poetic reflection on US terrorism, Steve Halpern, 9 October 2001

Terrorism takes all sides, Robert Scheer, 9 October 2001

Aid Agencies Reject 'Risky' US Air Drops: Plea for borders to be reopened after air strikes, Jonathan Steele and Felicity Lawrence, 8 October 2001

Killer Food Drops , Laura Flanders, 8 October 2001

A War of Lies, Rahul Mahajan and Robert Jensen, 8 October 2001

Women in Black: FBI Investigation, Ronnie Gilbert, 8 October 2001

The West's Arrogant Assumption of Its Superiority is as Dangerous as Any Other Form of Fundamentalism, Madeleine Bunting, 8 October 2001

Nobel Peace Prize Winning Doctors Group Calls US Afghanistan Aid 'Military Propaganda', Medecins Sans Frontieres, 8 October 2001

War Disturbs the Most Dangerous Political Tectonic Plate in the World, Robert Fisk, 8 October 2001

Taliban and Bin Laden Agreed to Extradition Before War 8 October 2001

March in New York, 8 October 2001

Our Friends Are Killers, Crooks and Torturers, Robert Fisk, 7 October 2001

Our Afghan Warlords: Arming the Taliban's Opponents Will Only Deepen the Agony of a Ruined Nation, Jonathan Steele, 6 October 2001

Questions and Answers, Tariq Ali, 6 October 2001

U.S. Strategists Begin to Favor Threat to Use Nuclear Arms, Dana Milbank, 6 October 2001

References to women in the UN debate on international terrorism, WILPF, 1-5 October 2001

Statement, WILPF (US), 5 October 2001

Media Spin Revolves Around the Word 'Terrorist', Norman Solomon, 5 October 2001

War on terrorism: this loose conjecture is unlikely to cut much ice with the Arab nations, Robert Fisk, 5 October 2001

Let's End Terror of Killing Now, Before Its Too Late, Tom Turnipseed, 4 October 2001

Similar Outcries? John Pilger, 4 October 2001

Rich country, poor country, Conrado de Quiros, 2 October 2001

The American Way, Sean Gonsalves, 2 October 2001

Genocide or peace: we can feed the starving Afghan millions or mount a military campaign - we can't do both, George Monbiot, 2 October 2001.

Open letter from NGOs to the General Assembly regarding terrorism debate, Various, 2 October 2001

Unpatriotic? No, Dissenters Are As American As Can Be, Editorial, 1 October 2001

No News is Bad News, Rahul Mahajan and Robert Jensen, 1 October 2001

Alternatives to War Will Work Best in Long Run, Gerda Lerner, 1 October 2001

Statements and articles from overseas September 2001

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Honoring Dissent, Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan, 30 September 2001

We need justice: bombs will only create more martyrs, Vanessa Redgrave, 30 September 2001

Racism and Hate Hide Behind Flag Waving, Anita Ninan, 28 September 2001

13 Questions for President George W. Bush, Martin A. Lee,M 28 September 2001

Risking death to expose the Taliban, Matt Bean, 27 September 2001

50 years of US policy in the Middle East, Julie Finnin Day, 27 September 2001

'The price is worth it', Edward S. Herman, 26 September 2001

The Last Crusade, Ramzi Kysia, 26 September 2001

Intolerance and war are not solutions to terror, CUPW, 25 September 2001

A Widow's Plea for Non-Violence, Amber Amundson, 25 September 2001

This is not a war on terror: it's a fight against America's enemies, Robert Fisk, 25 September 2001

Killing Civilians: Behind the Reassuring Words, Norman Solomon, 25 September 2001