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Chris Stephen in Dasti Kala and Kamal Ahmed. "Alliance commanders say there is now a real
possibility that the entire northern half of Afghanistan will switch away from the Taliban, as
defections trigger a domino effect." UK.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,573866,00.html
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Observer: Nervous Tehran has a wider role to play
Fred Halliday. The impact on and by Iran. The author is professor of international relations at the
London School of Economics and his new book is Two Hours that Shook the World: Causes and
Consequences.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/islam/story/0,1442,577958,00.html
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Independent: Are we trapped in another Vietnam?
By Arthur Schlesinger: "Our leaders gambled that the unpopularity of the regime would enable
bombing to bring about the Taliban's rapid collapse."
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=102701
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Deutsche Welle: The Price of a New Afghanistan
German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul pledged $280 million for Germany at a
conference in Tokyo. In addition to commitments from individual European states, the European
Commission pledged $177 million in 2002, and over $880 million over the next five years. The US
wants initially to provide $296 million. Germany.
http://dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1434_A_413077_1_A,00.html
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Guardian: 'If you hate the west, emigrate to a Muslim country'
Interview with Hamza Yusuf, an Islamic scholar and US advisor, about the terrorist attacks,
suicide, killing innocents, and the Muslim responses.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,564960,00.html
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Independent: General Powell is neither a hawk nor a dove - he's an owl
David Aaronovitch. "One wonders if he has absorbed the principal lessons of the past 12 years,
which are that the world is interdependent in a way thought unimaginable, and that the consequences
of inaction are often worse than the results of intervention." UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/david_aaronovitch/story.jsp?story=96420
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Sky.com: Afghans To Hand Over Arab Fighters
"Hamid Karzai, the man leading the interim Afghan government, has promised to hand over Arab
guerrillas caught in his country to face international justice." UK.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1038754,00.html
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The Times: They opted to bomb, it had better work
Simon Jenkins. "Whenever Americans start bombing, Britons dive under a blanket of Churchillian
waffle." UK.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2001352195,00.html
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Independent: Opposition claims that air attacks have seriously weakened Taliban
By Patrick Cockburn in Panjshir valley, Afghanistan. "The anti-aircraft guns and radar systems
of the Taliban were largely destroyed during the first night of the US and British air assault,
according to spies working for the Afghan opposition forces." UK.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=98490
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Guardian: 'There isn't a target in Afghanistan worth a $1m missile'
Stephen Moss. Interview with Mohamed Heikal, the Arab world's foremost political commentator and
the former foreign minister of Egypt. "'The most important thing is to get religion out,' he
says. "You are talking to me about a Muslim state, yet you are not discussing a Jewish state -
a state built on religion. That cannot be. Religion can be no basis for a state.'" UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,566516,00.html
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Independent: Musharraf is unsentimental over fate of his old friends and new foes
By Peter Popham in Islamabad. Lt-Gen Mahmood Ahmed Shah, chief of Inter-Services Intelligence
Directorate (ISI), was replaced by Lt-Gen Ehsanul Haq. Lt-Gen Muhammad Aziz Khan, vice-chief of
army staff, was replaced by Lt-Gen Muhammad Yousuf. UK.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=98494
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Independent: Why my nation burns with anger against Mr Blair
By Asem Mustafa Awan, a reporter for 'The Nation' newspaper, based in Islamabad. UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=98414
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Pervez Musharraf: This operation will be short and targeted
"From a speech given by the President of Pakistan at a news conference in Islamabad."
Independent, UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/podium/story.jsp?story=98413
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BakuSun: Uzbekistan May Host U.S. Forces
From Tashkent. "'Uzbekistan is ready to discuss any form of cooperation in the struggle
against international terrorism in our region, including the deployment of U.S. forces,' Foreign
Ministry spokesman Bakhodyr Umarov said...The comments by Kamilov and Umarov represented the only
standing offer from a former Soviet republic to help the United States in launching military
strikes against Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks." Azerbaijan.
http://www.bakusun.az:8101/cgi-bin/ayten/bakusun/show.cgi?code=1545
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Guardian: The pursuit of Bin Laden could soon be a sideshow
Peter Preston. "A wise west would care for Pakistan as more than a series of air bases set on
the edge of the Hindu Kush. A wise west would wonder not just what Pakistan could do for it in the
pursuit of prime suspects, but what it now, at a moment of test, could do for Pakistan." UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4263035,00.html
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IWPR: Viewpoint: A Lesson From the Balkans
Anthony Borden in London. "Using the Balkan experience as a guide, the United States could
best honour its victims by committing itself to an international criminal court." Institute
for War and Peace Reporting.
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/tri/tri_235_5_eng.txt
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IWPR: US Anti-Terrorism Plans Get Central Asian Backing
Galima Bukharbaeva in Tashkent and Sultan Jumagulov in Bishkek. "In the aftermath of the
American hijacking tragedy, Central Asian states have expressed backing for Washington's efforts to
find the perpetrators. But it remains to be seen how much practical support they will be able to
provide." Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200109_69_1_eng.txt
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IWPR: Bin Laden's Army
Arkady Dubnov in Moscow. About bin Laden, the Taleban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK.
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200109_69_2_eng.txt
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Akbar Ahmed: I've spent my life trying to repair the image of Islam. Has it all been in vain?
"A few determined people can hijack the engine of a global religion and, by their actions,
involve millions." Independent, UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=94944
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IWPR: US 'Arrives' in Uzbekistan
Anthony Borden and Saule Mukhametrakhimova in Tashkent. "In exchange for joining Bush's
'anti-terrorist alliance', Uzbekistan - long blacklisted for its deplorable human rights record -
would seek recognition of and any assistance in addressing its own terrorist problem."
Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK.
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200109_70_5_eng.txt
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Paul Vallely: A community that feels under siege
Thoughts and reactions in the Muslim community in Bolton, UK. Independent, UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95375
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Christopher Bellamy: The dawn of 'asymmetric conflict' comes of age
"Much of the real action in the quest to disable and punish Osama bin Laden and his associates
will not be of a military nature at all. It will be political, diplomatic and criminal, involving
the police, customs officials, immigration services, and non-military intelligence services, as
well as financial institutions and judicial authorities. Any military forces that matter will
probably move in secret." Independent, UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95243
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Independent: Fresh evidence of massive dealing in airline shares before attack.
"Fresh evidence from Chicago of concerted selling of shares in airlines and insurance
companies before last week's terrorist attacks has fuelled suspicion that accomplices of the
hijackers have profited from the atrocity." UK.
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=95025
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Financial Times: Media sector shaken up in response to US attacks
"Mindful of a traumatised world audience, advertisers on Wednesday began to pull commercials
and television networks and movie studios started to rethink their schedule of new releases."
UK.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3Q9V0DJRC&live=true&....
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Asbarez: News of the Day
Collection of stories: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation condemns attack on US; Armenia voices
condolences, support to terror-stricken US; Western Prelacy condemns attack. Armenia.
http://www.asbarez.com/aol/2001/010912.htm
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Kofi Annan: We must recognise our common enemies
"The United Nations - and the international community - must have the courage to recognise
that just as there are common aims, there are common enemies." Independent, UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95371
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Paddy Ashdown: To win this war, America must go beyond frontlines and headlines
"In deciding what action to take we need to know both our opponent's weaknesses and our
own." Independent, UK.
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95482
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OpenDemocracy: Is this our fate?
Todd Gitlin. "OpenDemocracy’s North Americas editor witnessed the events in New York. This is
his first response." UK.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=18&DocID=626&DebateID=109
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spiked: After the attack on America
Mick Hume. "As the dust clears over the scenes of carnage, it is worth asking what these
events and the reaction to them can tell us about the world we live in now." UK.
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D22F.htm
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Guardian: They can't see why they are hated
Seumas Milne. "Americans cannot ignore what their government does abroad." UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,551036,00.html
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EuroNews
Stories and videos.
http://www.euronews.net/create_html.php?new_langue=en&page=accueil_info
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International Herald Tribune: Striking Back: Harsh New Tactics?
Joseph Fitchett."Retaliating effectively for the terrorist strike that humbled American power
will take years and require the United States to use overwhelming force - perhaps including
political assassination - in ways shunned by Washington in recent decades, Western officials and
experts said Wednesday."
http://www.iht.com/articles/32402.html
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Radio Netherlands: America's Enemies
RN Foreign Editors Ellen van Dalen and Johan Huizinga. Links to related stories. Netherlands.
http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/suspects010912.html
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The Muslim News: British Muslims condemn the terrorist attacks
A statement from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). UK.
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=1062
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