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10-14-01
Bombing of Afghanistan intensified Saturday after a brief break for Muslim
holy day, continuing seventh-day strikes on major cities.
However, "There isn't going to be a mass land invasion," said UK Secretary for International Development Clare Short.
The Taliban
claims war is aginst Muslims and rejects Bush offer,
as Al-Qaida threatens terrorist acts.
In a move claimed to be unrelated, UN Coalition forces bombed an Iraqi control base to enforce Iraq's no-fly zone.
"We are already in a big mess.
- What else does the
world want from us? Drop one atom bomb and
annihilate us all
instead of killing us gradually." - Kabul resident
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11-13-01
As U.S. bombing of Afghanistan continues, U.S. military officials apologized for the
mistargeting that resulted in a bomb hitting a Kabul neighborhood.
Meanwhile, Afghans fleeing the bombing have
begun to die, underlining the
U.N. request for a suspension of American bombing to enable
the region to receive food relief for the winter.
Protests around the world increased, as thousands of protesters in Britain, Germany,
and Sweden protested the bombing of Afghanistan.
NYC mayor Giuliani rejects $10 million from Saudi prince when Prince also
asks U.S. to re-evaluate its foreign policy, specifically to "adopt a more balanced stance" toward the Palestinian problem. The prince's comment,
"`Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of
Israelis while the world turns the other cheek,'' was considered "part of the problem" by Giuliani. MORE NEWS
"We are already in a big mess.
- What else does the
world want from us? Drop one atom bomb and annihilate us all
instead of killing us gradually." - Kabul resident
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Invitation to Dialog
Our world has changed, in more dimensions than we yet know or understand.
The impact of these events ranges far beyond the tragic deaths, new security
measures, or even 'the war on terrorism'. Freedom, fear, culture clash,
globalization, religion, terrorism, perceptions, politics, propaganda, and
emotion are entangled in the issues we face - and understanding their
interrelations as well as their implications is paramount. No matter what actions America takes in response, the decisions we make now
will shape the world of tomorrow. The editors of The Global Dialog Project
invite you to participate in this debate, and to help make it into a
dialog
in which we learn from each other, share our grief, and come to new
understandings of the world we live in, so that tragedies like this need
never happen again.
Please join us in discussion, debate, dialog and brainstorming about these crucial issues and the new world that faces us all.
This is a time to bring together our insights, our experiences, our knowledge
and our wisdom. We all have valuable perspectives to share, and we invite all
citizens from around the world to use these events in a helpful way to
understand not only current events, but the paths which have brought us here,
and the future we call into being by our actions.
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Chronic underfunding of US HUMINT plays role in intelligence failures Loss of funding for human skills, not high-tech, a cause - Jane's International
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Folly of aid and bombs "...the US is prepared to drop, at its own best estimate, barely one quarter of one day's needs."
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Killing Civilians: Behind the Reassuring Words
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Loyal Opposition:
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The algebra of infinite justice - novelist Arundhati Roy challenges the instinct for vengance
A Question of Decency
"Let me be blunt: I am not anti-war, I am anti-stupid. I am not against military intervention, I am against indiscriminate military intervention."
Never mind the pundits, the root cause remains the same
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The real underlying factor behind America's involvement
Who did it? Foreign Report presents an
alternative view "Bin Laden is a schoolboy in comparison with
Mughniyeh"
Media Pundits Advocate Civilian Targets ".. prominent journalists have been advocating military strategies that violate
the laws of war and mirror the strategies of terrorists"
Food for thought for the Militarists
A pragmatic viewpoint written by an Afghani in the U.S.
Light in the Darkness In the names of our loved ones,let us ask for more light and love in the world, for they are what, in the end, stand between us and the darkness.
"We cannot fight for human rights using inhuman means."
An open letter from the Palestinian Center
"When the elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers." Impressionistic Collage
Bush is walking into a
trap says the UK paper The Independent
"I believe violence will only increase the cycle of violence." The Dalai Lama's Letter to Bush |