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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.
argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=94944
- 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.
www.asbarez.com/aol/2001/010912.htm
- Austria Today: Austrian Foreign Minister asks for common response to terrorist action - "Benita Ferrero-Waldner spoke of the brutal act of violence against the USA as being equivalent to a declaration of war during a special meeting of the European Ministers of Foreign Affairs." Austria.
www.austriatoday.at/cgi-bin/at_article.pl?id=5877
- Austria Today: Majority of Austrians fear worldwide outbreak of terrorism - "Although over 80 per cent say they want terrorism to be tackled, only a quarter of the population say they would want their own troops to join in military strikes." Austria.
www.austriatoday.at/cgi-bin/at_article.pl?id=5978
- 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.
www.bakusun.az:8101/cgi-bin/ayten/bakusun/show.cgi?code=1545
- 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.
argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95243
- 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.
dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1434_A_413077_1_A,00.html
- EuroNews - Stories and videos.
www.euronews.net/create_html.php?new_langue=en&page=accueil_info
- 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.
news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3Q9V0DJRC&live=true&tagid=IXLI0L9Z1BC
- 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.
www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,564960,00.html
- 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.
www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,566516,00.html
- 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.
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4263035,00.html
- Guardian: They can't see why they are hated - Seumas Milne. "Americans cannot ignore what their government does abroad." UK.
www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,551036,00.html
- Harold Evans: Americans want action. And they're right - "The alternative is what was done or not done before: a gradual erosion of will, leading to the reciprocal increase in determination of the terrorists and the deaths of many more innocent people. With all due respect to those who would dwell on how we got here and what we should not do, I pose the question: what would you do? I don't hear an answer." Independent, UK.
argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95489
- 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.
news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=95025
- 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.
argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/david_aaronovitch/story.jsp?story=96420
- 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.
news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=98494
- 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.
news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=98490
- Independent: The American dream in ruins - Rupert Cornwell in Washington. Includes additional stories, photo gallery, analysis and external links. UK.
news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=93803
- Independent: Why my nation burns with anger against Mr Blair - By Asem Mustafa Awan, a reporter for 'The Nation' newspaper, based in Islamabad. UK.
argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=98414
- 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."
www.iht.com/articles/32402.html
- 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.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200109_69_2_eng.txt
- 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.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200109_70_5_eng.txt
- 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.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200109_69_1_eng.txt
- 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.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/tri/tri_235_5_eng.txt
- 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.
argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95371
- 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.
www.observer.co.uk/islam/story/0,1442,577958,00.html
- Observer: Taliban troops switch sides as rebels advance - 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.
www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,573866,00.html
- OpenDemocracy: Is this our fate? - Todd Gitlin. "OpenDemocracys North Americas editor witnessed the events in New York. This is his first response." UK.
www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=18&DocID=626&DebateID=109
- 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.
argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95482
- Paul Vallely: A community that feels under siege - Thoughts and reactions in the Muslim community in Bolton, UK. Independent, UK.
argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95375
- 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.
argument.independent.co.uk/podium/story.jsp?story=98413
- Radio Netherlands: America's Enemies - RN Foreign Editors Ellen van Dalen and Johan Huizinga. Links to related stories. Netherlands.
www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/suspects010912.html
- 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.
www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1038754,00.html
- 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.
www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D22F.htm
- The Muslim News: British Muslims condemn the terrorist attacks - A statement from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). UK.
www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=1062
- 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.
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2001352195,00.html
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