World News
9/17/01-9/23/01
Taliban
threatened with US strikes in
July
Attacks on US may have been 'pre-emptive'
The Guardian, UK, 9/21 - Is Bush in "Wag the Dog" scenario?
Sun 9/23/01
Feds:
Drug seizures down following attacks 9/23 CNN
A list detailing wait times at northern and southern US land border ports of
entry is posted daily at: www.customs.gov/news/sept11/bordertimes.htm
How
much progress have the intelligence services made? 9/23 Independent, UK
US May
Be Warning of More Serious Attacks 23-Sep-2001 Reuters with valuable
links to biowar defense sites
Indian
Women Peace Forum holds anti-US protest demos 9/23
Pak News
Same
terror, new target 9/23 Noam Chomsky Times of
India
Mullah
Omar holds secret meeting with Osama PakNews 9/23
Bush's
Line in the Sand Won't Hold
By William O. Beeman, Pacific News Service,
September 21, 2001
Peter
Dale Scott's site on Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, our current situation,
what's being censored (Taliban, drug trade), and anti-war strategy
Bush
dispatches his own 'plumbers unit' to plug leaks 9/23 US News
Report:
U.S. Warns of Chance of Attack This Week 9/23 Yahoo News - Reuters
Bin
Laden's family found shelter in Syria
9/23 Haaretz Daily, Israel
Knowing the
Enemy 9/23 Debka File, Israeli Intelligence portal: scroll to the bottom
to get a variety of stories. Description of Al-Qaeda senior commanders and
their force structure for up to 200,000 men.
Discussion of initial incursions by British SAS and US Delta boys into Afghanistan.
Somalia
rally against U.S. Middle East policy 9/23 CNN
Who
Is Osama Bin Laden? 9/12 Centre for Research on Globalisation, Montreal.
Goldmine of information, especially on heroin production in Afghanistan,
originally set up by CIA backed groups, now on the order of $100-$200
billion, 1/3rd world total. Also coverage of Pak SIS involvement in
Chechnya: "In a cruel irony, while the Islamic jihad --featured by the
Bush Adminstration as "a threat to America"-- is blamed for the
terrorist assaults on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, these same
Islamic organisations constitute a key instrument of US
military-intelligence operations in the Balkans and the former Soviet
Union."
Jihad in
Chechnya Sawt-ul-Qoqaz also www.qoqaz.de
and http://www.kavkaz.org
Bin
Laden’s Balkan Connections 9/01The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
`Israel
exploits the tragedy'
From the Palestinian press, September 13-19 as reported in Haaretz Daily
URGENT
APPEAL TO DEFEND AFGHANISTAN Azzam
Putin
Consults Central Asia Leaders 9/23 AP
Saudi
Arabia Rejects U.S. Request 9/23 AP
'SAS
exchanged gunfire with Taliban' 9/23 Times of
India
Anger
in the bazaars of Peshawar 9/23 Salon: The Taliban
has strong support in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan. If there is
civil war, it will start here
Investigators Identify 4 to 5 Groups Linked to Bin Laden Operating in U.S.
9/23 Washington Post
Bio-Warfare
Risks 9/23 Washington Post
Muyaidines
paquistaníes se dirigen a Afganistán mientras Islamabad pide a EEUU una
respuesta 'moderada' 9/23 El Mundo, Madrid
Bin
Laden comes home to roost 1998, MSNBC informative
Los
talibán amenazan con las 'serias consecuencias' que traerá un ataque de
Estados Unidos 9/23 El Mundo, Madrid
La
red terrorista dirigida por Bin Laden incluye un alto oficial en Europa y
una célula en Gaza 9/23 El Mundo
Sat 9/22/01
Radio
Havana Cuba - Weekend News Update - 22 September 2001
*Cuba Is Against Terrorism And Irrational War: Fidel Castro
*War Of Vengeance Makes Us No Better Than Terrorists, Says Nobel Laureate
*Venezuela Opposes Anti-Terrorist Methods That Are Equivalent To Terrorism
*Influential Brazilian Daily Blasts Bush's Belligerent, Unilateral Rhetoric
*The Only War We Need Is One Against Poverty: Argentina Labor Leader
*Writer Umberto Eco Calls Bush's Crusade Against Terrorism Demented
The
Anglosphere: The Anglosphere at war 9/22 VNY
TASHKENT, AFP: US warplanes have landed in
the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan as Russian President Vladimir
Putin, after an extended silence, voiced readiness to cooperate with US
plans to strike Afghanistan -- but only after they are approved by the UN
Security Council. 9/22
More
US forces near Afghanistan 9/22 Times of India
KABUL: Even as US military aircraft landed at Tuzel in
Uzbekistan, an isolated Taliban insisted it would not bend to Washington’s
demand to hand over Osama bin Laden. Tahskent reporting.
Uzbekistan
Jihad 9/22 Azzam
Informative view of the land the US chose for its base, after House Saud
denied them the modern facilities they constructed in Saudi Arabia.
Uzbekistan has a repressive government that jails and executes those that
practice Islam.
"Uzbekistan
is One of the Most Repressive New Independent States," says
Helsinki Commission Chairman Smith, Commission on Security and Cooperation
in Europe news release, 10/18/99: "Only in Uzbekistan has the state
formally criminalized religious dissent, by formally amending its criminal
code to impose prison terms of up to five years for unauthorized religious
activity."
"Paul Goble, Communications Director,
Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty, noted that "Tashkent is converting Islam from a religion to a
political force of enormous and potentially destabilizing force."
Noting the building of two prison camps for political opponents, he noted,
"These camps will resemble the GULAG of the Soviet past, and even if no
one is ever confined to them, their existence will cast a chilling shadow
over the population."
News on Uzbekistan bases
Afghanistan,
the Daunting Land 9/22 International Herald
Tribune
Chomsky
Compendium Interview for Greek, French, and Spanish press3
/ 2 / 1
Chomsky
Compendium Interview 4 ZMag
Arafat
prepara en Arabia Saudí su esperada reunión con Peres 9/22 El Mundo,
Spain
"Report: British
M16 Spies Find Evil Bin Laden" 9/22 News of the World, UK. Cites
name of the agents tracking Bin Laden: "But MI6
HAS maintained a small but specialised team since 1999. They are nicknamed
The ‘Golden Crescent Club' and work for the ‘Global Issues
Controllerate'. They are an elite unit of agents who usually investigate
major drugs producers in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey."
Cropduster
Manual Discovered in Suspected Terrorist Hideout 9/22 Time Magazine
Sources tell TIME that U.S. officials suspect that bin
Laden conspirators may have been planning to disperse biological or chemical
agents from cropdusting planes
CNN's Wolf Blitzer leads the
charge
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/wolf.blitzer.reports/
Schechter:
Threats to the Media Znet
Prototype technologies could be useful for strikes 9/22 Jane's, UK
Discussion of technology to be deployed
Feature:
Islam's long battle with the West 9/22 VNY
US
Bereft of Arab Coalition After Saudi Arabia Backs out, 9/22 Debka.com,
Israeli Intelligence Portal: " Saturday afternoon, it became clear that
events in Riyadh had dealt the final deathblow to the US Secretary of State,
Colin Powell’s failed efforts to create an Arab front to bolster the Bush
administration’s world war on terror. The reason for King Fahd secret exit
from Saudi Arabia, followed by a large royal party, is believed by our most
reliable sources to be a palace revolution sparked by differences in the
royal family over support for the US offensive against Afghanistan, Osama
Bin Laden’s terror network and other rogue targets."
God
bless Big Brother:
Law enforcement officials are taking advantage of the war on terrorism to
get everything they ever wanted 9/22 Salon
Fidel
Castro on "Infinite Justice" 22 Sept 2001
How
big a war? Hawk Paul Wolfowitz wants the U.S. to attack Iraq. Colin
Powell doesn't -- and nobody knows who has Bush's ear 9/22 Salon
No Warning: Bush and the Taliban 9/22 In These Times, Chicago
U.S.
Puts Afghan Strike Ahead of Full Plan 9/22 Yahoo News - New York Times
More
US forces near Afghanistan: Uzbekistan 9/22 Times
of India
Former Afghan King Zahir
Shah: Man of the hour 9/22 Times of India
Osama
hand in glove with LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam 9/22 Times of India
A
la mosquée d'Argenteuil : "Bush va nous conduire vers la
catastrophe" 9/22 Le Monde
Osama,
supporters move to Uruzgan? 9/22 Dawn, Pakistan
U.S.
Sends Planes, Men for Attack on Afghanistan 9/22 Reuters
Saudis not cooperating, may cause strikes to be postponed.
Special
security for Musharraf, US citizens, 9/22 Dawn, Pakistan
An Insider's
Guide To Afghanistan: A Catastrophe In The Making, 9/22, Simon Wollers,
Havana
Statewatch:
Report and documents
EU to adopt new laws on terrorism: definition of "terrorism" to
cover groups with the aim of "seriously altering... the political,
economic or social structure" of one or more countries and their
institutions and includes "urban violence":
Support
for Bin Laden in Indonesia Indicates Possible Spread of Violence 9/22
Wall Street Journal
SECOND
WAVE OF US FORCES DEPLOYED US WANTS TO USE PAK
BASE: A second wave of US troops and warplanes were deployed to staging
points near Afghanistan on Saturday. 9/22, Times of India
It
Is Not Unpatriotic To Dissent:The Law Of Unintended Consequences, A
Buzzflash Reader Commentary 9/22
Special
Report: My Encounters with Osama bin Laden, 1998,
Christian Science Monitor
Fri 9/21/01
US
planning to topple Taliban? -- The Guardian 9/21
Body
of Former FBI Chief of Counter Terrorism Found at WTC 9/21 CNN
US
rejects call for evidence 9/21 Dawn, Pakistan
A
Saddam connection? 9/21 Salon
Taliban
warned of US strikes, Attacks on US may have been 'pre-emptive' 9/21 The Guardian, UK
- Is Bush in "Wag the Dog" scenario?
Israeli intelligence portal Debka.com
describes Israel's war preparations, hospitals on alert for large numbers of
casualties. Reports House Saud moving to palace in Switzerland. 9/21
Israel,
U.S. only countries where majority backs military strike
9/21 Haaretz Daily, Israel
Egypt
rejects U.S. coalition, upgrades ties with Iraq 9/21 World Tribune, East West Services,
Falls Church, VA
Iraq
suspected of sponsoring terrorist attacks 9/21 Washington Times
Ben Laden said to be going to Somalia - Sun Young Moon publication
Russia
gives green light to Central Asian republics to cooperate with U.S.
9/21 World Tribune, East West Services, Falls Church, VA
US
and UK ready for joint military action 9/21 Financial Times
Bin
Laden's Money, Communications Trails Examined 9/21 Yahoo
What the European media has talked about for over a week...
Pakistan Hit By Violent Protests Over Cooperation With U.S. On Afghanistan
9/21 Yahoo
Codename
embarrassment 9/21 The Guardian, UK
Secret
memo reveals US plan to overthrow Taliban regime
9/21 The Guardian,UK
Afghans
face humanitarian disaster 9/21 Gulf Times, Qatar
Militants
'leaving Kashmir' 9/21 Gulf Daily News, Bahrain
Seven
arrested in France over 'US Embassy bomb plot' 9/21 Ananova, UK
Elite
Forces Would Take Pivotal Role 9/21 International Herald Tribune
How
and When to Respond? Quarrels on the Bush Team
9/21 International Herald Tribune
Africa
Reacts, 9/21 AllAfrica.com
ZMag/ZNet back on line
9/21 many interesting articles here
Police baton-charge religious protestors in Karachi 9/21 Pak News
Osama
may have already left Afghanistan 9/21 Pak News
Terror in America compendium by the Guardian, UK
France fears fractures from 'terrorist war', 9/21 the Guardian
Heavy Fighting as Afghan Opposition Attacks Taliban, 9/21 Reuters
Le grand malaise des musulmans de France 9/21 Le Figaro
Bin Laden
Money Trail: How America Stumbled 9/21 International Herald Tribune
Les
Américains ne cherchent pas à monter une coalition militaire stricto sensu
9/21 Le Monde, Paris
Muslim
hardliners call for strike in Pakistan, 9/21, Anananova, UK
Time
to get the hell out of Bush's sight,
9/21, Haaretz Daily, Israel: catalog of Sharon's mistakes
Anarchy
as Taliban lose control 9/21Daily Telegraph,
UK
U.S. Plans To Overthrow Taliban Regime, Put Afghanistan Under U.N. Control.
9/21, Drudge Report
CNN statement about false claim it used old video on Palestinians, 9/21
Thur 9/20/01
Overt
assistance from Pakistan may bring dire consequences
9/20 Jane's
Terrorist Attacks Transform Protest 9/20,
AP
Djibouti:
Government Offers US Logistical Support
UN Integrated Regional Information Network 9/20 AllAfrica.com
Viewpoint:
BUSH'S WAR MACHINE MAKES READY FOR MORE KILLING, 9/20 Radio Havana:
"A full six million [Afghans] currently face starvation,
while almost four million are refugees in camps along the Pakistani and
Iranian borders. United Nations refugee sources say that a war would add to
this misery to such an extent that it would convert Afghanistan into the
worst humanitarian crisis on the planet. This is Washington's target. By
all accounts it won't be a war but a genocide. Cuba agrees that justice
must be brought down upon those who planned and carried out the attacks on
New York and Washington, but not at the cost of more civilian lives. We do
not believe that this is the justice the people of the United States are
seeking."
Chomsky
Interview on recent events, normally on the downed
ZMag site, 9/20
Cooksey: Expect racial profiling
9/20 Advocate Washington Bureau
- U.S. Rep. John Cooksey, R-Monroe, told a network of Louisiana radio stations Monday that someone "wearing a diaper on his head" should expect to be interrogated...
Pentagon
Recommends Use of Nuclear Weapons 9/20 Japan Today
Analysis
of U.S. Military Options in Afghanistan 9/20
Washington Post
SOME TERRORISTS CAME TO U.S. BY WAY OF CUBA 9/20 So says
the Drudge Report, but the LA Times article linked to is entitled "Officials
Told of 'Major Assault' Plans
- Inquiry: U.S. authorities were advised in August
that as many as 200 terrorists were coming to U.S. as part of plot."
The Cuban entry of 3 men in the Cayman island who never even went to the US
is a small part of the story.
9/19/01
Made
in the U.S.A.: How the U.S. Manufactures Terrorists
By Peter Dale Scott, Pacific News Service, September 19, 2001
Radio
Havana Cuba news for 9/19
- Cuba Expresses Deep Concern Over Atmosphere Of Hate In
Us
- Cuban Experts Alarmed By US Attempt To Convert Pain To
Blind Rage
- US Media Watchdog Deplores Warmongering In Media
Outlets
- In An Exception To War Rhetoric, Boston Globe Notes
Growing Pacifism
- Soviet Veterans Of Afghan War Warn The US What Awaits
Did the FBI Know More Than It's Revealing? 9/19 Boston Globe
Village
Voice Archive Article: Niece of Former CIA Director Has Been Taliban's
Spokesperson in the U.S. Former CIA Station Chief Said Bin Laden's Threat
To America Was Overblown
Explaining
Arab Anger, 9/19, BBC
More censorship: ABC's
'Politically Incorrect' comes under fire for comments about terrorists; Host
Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly; FedEx pulls ads from show 9/19
Houston Chronicle
L'armée allemande pourrait participer aux représailles américaines,
9/19 Le Monde - Bundestag authorizes German Army to participate in American
operations
U.S. Speeds Preparation for Conflict 9/19
International Herald Tribune
Chirac
calls on U.N. to lead fight against terrorism 9/19 Nando Times
Israeli Intelligence portal reports extensively on US plans to invade
Afghanista, Irak 9/19 Debka.com 102nd, 82nd en route to Pakistan
New York subway at risk of major flood 9/19 Yahoo News
Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view 9/19 Jane's
Afghanistan
Up Close 9/19 Mother Jones
Arafat,
Sharon Order Moves Toward Truce, 9/19 Washington
Post
Soviet
Generals Warn Of 'Sea of Bloodshed', 9/19
Washington Post
Pak
forces stationed in Afghanistan: Reports,
9/19 Times of India
5
die, 40 injured in bomb blast in Sialkot Pakistan,
9/19, Pak News
US
'lacks knowledge to launch land war'..., 9/19,
Telegraph, UK
Terroristas
árabes con sede en Alemania planean un ataque a la sede de la OTAN en
Bruselas, 9/19 El Mundo
9/18/01
Shortage
of Anthrax Vaccine, 9/18 Washington Post
Bin
Laden Wants "Over Reaction" by the U.S. in Order to Stir up a
Pan-Islamic Uprising. 9/18 Chicago Tribune
Bin
Laden's vast financial network, 9/18 Salon
Anti-war
forces muster in San Francisco 9/18 AP
ZMag
down: the site has been unavailable since 9/18. Chomsky has a good article
on how the extermination of Afghan has begun following the US order to
Pakistan to stop giving the Afghan food, which goes to many Afghan who do
not support the Taliban. Update 9/19 - site down frmo virus, no backup.
Effective censorship of a valuable site.
Afghan
Taliban Says Sees Holy War Against U.S., 9/18,
Reuters
2
Indians arrested for bombings in Philippines, 9/18
Times of India
Uzbekistan
ready to host US for Afghan strikes,
9/18 Times of India
Follow
international law, Russia tells US,
9/18, Times of India
Extradition
Hinges On Proof: Clerics, 9/18, Times of India
Settlers
launch drive to populate new sites,
HAARETZ (Tel Aviv, Israel) 9/18
5
Israelis detained for `puzzling behavior' after WTC tragedy
HAARETZ (Tel Aviv, Israel) 9/18 - they were filming the WTC, and
crying out with joy
4,000
Israelis Did Not Go To Work At World Trade Center On Sept. 11 Pak News -
warned by the Israeli General Security Apparatus, the Shabak
Iran advises US against attack Sep 18, 2001 The News
Bush
faces problems in forging coalition Sep
18, 2001 The News
9/17/01
Israel
Says It Won't 'Pay Price' of Coalition..., 9/17/
Washington Post
Sharon Refuses to Relent on Palestinians to Help U.S. Build Support Among
Arabs
TIME
TO USE THE NUCLEAR OPTION": A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL COMMENTARY 9/17
Taliban
hopeful after "positive" talks with Pakistanis: report,
9/17 Pak News
New
Book on NSA Sheds Light on Secrets of US Army and Intelligence : THE
BALTIMORE SUN,
9/17 in Pak News!
Wag the dog: Joint Chiefs terror plan against US cities to blame Castro
Sikhs
assaulted in Britain, 9/17, Times
of India
The Sikhs are neither Arabs nor Moslem...
The
bloody Jordan river now flows through America:
A sword will hang over the U.S. until we convince Israel to make peace with
the Palestinians, 9/17
Salon.com
US
may set up military tribunals,
Times of India, 9/17
New
Powers Sought for Surveillance
: Assassination Ban May Be Lifted for CIA, 9/17, Washington Post
Meet our new best friends: the Afghans. 9/17 Slate
Indian
media cautions government against joining U.S. war..., 9/17 Yahoo
Washington's
Call for War Plays Into Terrorist Hands, 9/17, LA
Times
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