[Reader-list] Many paths

[Monica Narula]

Below is a long list of urls on the Attack, and covering a wide 
variety of aspects/facets such as "War", "Architecture and 
Engineering", "Comment", "Background", "Maps", "Civil Liberties", 
"Photo Essays", etc.

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Taken from RRE List <rre at lists.gseis.ucla.edu>

War

When Evil Itself Becomes the Primary Foe
("eliminating evil" is a dangerous formula for a permanent, total, futile war)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000074971sep18.story

"New War" to Be Fought With Unprecedented Secrecy
(secrecy is sometimes necessary, but it also corrodes democracy)
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/17/ret.us.secret.war/

Analysts: Bin Laden Seeks Islamic Uprising
(and going around bombing is exactly what bin Laden wants Bush to do)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0109180322sep18.story

the logistical problems of attacking Afghanistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1548000/1548842.stm

Afghan Taliban Sees Holy War Against US
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/ts/attack_afghan_holywar_dc_4.html

Clerics Put Off Meet on Osama
http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/01190001.htm

Pak Mufti Talks Jihad Ahead of US Strike
http://news.sify.com/cgi-bin/sifynews/news/content/news_fullstory.jsp?article_oid=7521356&category_oid=-20609&page_no=1

White House Apologizes for Using "Crusade" to Describe War on Terrorism
http://www.masslive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0720_BC_Attacks-Crusade&&news&newsflash-washington
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?db=*&term=crusade

India Identifies Air Bases for US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1325922827

Mubarak Calls for Counterterrorism Treaty
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20010917-97599642.htm

China Demands US Attack Evidence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1550000/1550495.stm

"how far can the United States push Pakistan before it cracks up?"
http://slate.msn.com/pol/01-09-17/pol.asp

Pakistan's Nuclear Wild Card
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000074988sep18.story

Nuclear Installations Are Safe, Says Dr. Qadeer
http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/main.asp?id=18&date1=9/18/2001

US Embassy, Interests in France Targeted by Terrorists: Officials
http://www.ttc.org/pa10918a.htm

EU Calls Emergency Summit on Terrorism
http://www.ttc.org/da10918a.htm

Soviet Union's Afghan Lessons
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/18/ret.russia.afghanwar/

Iraqi Terror Connection?
(is this disinformation or not? in a secret total war we can never know)
http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,311414-412,00.shtml

Fleeing Afghans Go From Frying Pan to Fire
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/wl/attack_afghan_camps_dc_1.html

UN Refugee Commission Readies for Afghan Crisis
http://ens-news.com/ens/sep2001/2001L-09-17-01.html

Terrorist Cell Networks: Mapping the Invisible Enemy
http://www.orgnet.com/tnet.html

Architecture and engineering

before-and-after aerial photos  (watch out: the "after" photo is gigantic)
http://www.planetizen.com/oped/files/20010917fullmanhattanbefore.jpg
http://a573.g.akamai.net/7/573/5036/v002/www.spaceimaging.com/ikonos/wtc0915_2.jpg

World Trade Centre: Some Engineering Aspects
http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/wtc.htm#general

Trade Center Towers' Design Not at Fault in Collapse
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/ncl_docs/134452.htm

The Pentagon's Weak Defenses
http://www.cincypost.com/2001/sep/13/pent091301.html

Building Giants Ponder Reconstruction
http://www.theage.com.au/business/2001/09/14/FFXLYRTFJRC.html

Powerful Symbols of America's Power Now Reflect Its Weaknesses
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/13/MN216641.DTL

Building Debate: Should Twin Towers Go Up Again?
http://www.dallasnews.com/national/472263_nycarchitect_1.html

We Cannot Allow Fear to Dictate Commercial Architecture
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep01/goulcol17091601a.asp

The End of Tall Buildings
http://www.planetizen.com/oped/item.php?id=30

Rebuild or Not: Architects Respond
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/magazine/23REBUILD.html

The Disaster and Its Urban Consequences
http://www.hughpearman.com/articles2/wtc.html

Comment

Good Guys and Bad Guys: Mr. Bush's Map of the World Is Redrawn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,553601,00.html

Crusader Bush Blunders Into His Own Holy War
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/19/world/world9.html

Bush Is Walking Into a Trap
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0916-06.htm

comments on terrorism and revenge from Nepal
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2001/sep/sep18/editorial.htm

No Sympathy From China's Cyber Elite
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2001/nf20010917_8982.htm

Terrorist Attack on US: Turning-Point in Post-Cold War Pattern
(Chinese government publication)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200109/14/eng20010914_80248.html

audio of Canadian radio interview program about the attacks on Thursday
http://radio.cbc.ca/insite/AS_IT_HAPPENS_TORONTO/2001/9/14.html

Questions: Seeking Uncommon Ground
http://www.uia.org/musings/uncommon.htm

Khobar Towers: A Case of Futility
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZPX58TQRC

Media March to War
http://www.fair.org/press-releases/wtc-war-punditry.html

This New War Requires a Break With the Past
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpgit182370261sep18.story

The Need for Dissent
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,553744,00.html

No Blank Check on Economic Policy
(deficits are back: liberals and conservatives are greatly relieved)
http://www.americanprospect.com/webfeatures/2001/09/kuttner-r-09-18.html

The Bigger They Come the Harder They Fall
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0915-13.htm

WWII Pilot Urges Caution in Response to Terrorists
http://www.citizen-times.com/news/16690241.shtml

a Lebanese-American's thoughts on citizenship and the war
http://www.farha.com/american.html

Did We Handcuff the CIA? (No)
http://slate.msn.com/pol/01-09-18/pol.asp

A Tinderbox in Palestine
http://www.inthesetimes.com/web2523/seitz2523.html

Violence Breeds More Violence
(bin Laden wants Bush to provoke a global intifada -- will Bush go along?)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000074774sep17.story

disturbing rhetoric at National Review Online
http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2001_09_16_archive.html#5755134

more craziness about guns on planes
(the first one sees and raises by advocating racial profiling as well)
http://www.theweeklystandard.com/magazine/mag_7_2_01/dealey_art_7_2_01.asp
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Sep-16-Sun-2001/opinion/17003646.html
http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel091401.shtml

jargon: "the West must stop apologizing for the greatness of our civilization"
(this statement is so aggressively twisted, it causes me real concern)
http://opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95001154

still the Bush hagiographers can do no better than "exceeds expectations"
(even as he proves himself to be a vulgar jerk)
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/9/16/125727

incredibly bizarre conservative attack on "Satanic" America
(isn't this what "anti-American" is supposed to mean)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24458

Background

long background piece on the Taliban
("even Taliban officials are said to be fleeing the capital")
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=786722

biography of Osama bin Laden
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010924/wosama.html

the strange story of Osama bin Laden's involvement in the gum arabic trade
(I have no idea)
http://www.tdo.com/local/graphics/laden/html/2c.htm
http://www.house.gov/wolf/2000907gumarabic.htm
http://www.gumarab.com/body.htm
http://www.plthomas.com/

Uzbekistan News
(an "Islamic Uzbekistan" site; no items on this page after March 2001)
http://www.ummah.com/uzbekistan/news.html

Aiding the Investigators: What the RFPA Allows You To Do
(how financial privacy laws affect banks helping police investigations)
http://www.privacyheadquarters.com/priv_basics/aidinv.html

On Edge: Afghanistan's Neighbours
(Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Isbekistan, and Turkmenistan)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1548000/1548452.stm

photo essays on Afghani refugees
http://www.iranian.com/Arts/2001/September/Afghan/
http://www.iranian.com/Arts/2000/June/Afghan/

About the Ismaili Imamat and the Origin of Shiism
http://www.akdn.org/imamat/imamat.html

more background links on Afghanistan and the Taliban
http://www.windweaver.com/politics/terrorism.htm

lots of maps
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/browse.html
http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/browsepages/atlases.html
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm
http://www.grida.no/db/maps/prod/level0/

Metaphor and War: The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in the Gulf (1991)
http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Texts/Scholarly/Lakoff_Gulf_Metaphor_1.html

Civil liberties, security, tolerance, and so on

Senate amendment, passed Thursday, to expand wiretapping
http://www.cdt.org/security/091101response.shtml/

New York Legislature Approves Sweeping Anti-Terrorism Package
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZGDPEYQRC

Disposable Phones: A Security Risk?
http://news.excite.com/news/zd/010917/20/disposable-phones-a-security

Who's Protecting Our Infrastructure?
(better question: who's making them design it right in the first place?)
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2001/nf20010918_8931.htm

Gore Commission Demanded Airline Security, Airlines and Conservatives Said No
http://democrats.com/view.cfm?id=4532

New Security Rules Leave Workers Idle
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000074975sep18.story

Potential Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2001/01-021.htm
http://www.dshield.org/

Making Planes Safer by Making Fuels Safer
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/science/18BOMB.html

Anti-War Songs Banned by Commercial Radio Giant
(somehow they missed "Working for the Clampdown" and "Maggie's Farm")
http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6934&group=webcast

Band's Web Site Bulletin Board Is Pulled
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-091501band.story

Pop Culture Takes a Serious Reality Check
(this page also has pointers to photo essays and other materials)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000074965sep18.story

Anti-Muslim Violence Up, Officials Say
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000074972sep18.story


News and information

How Americans Used the Internet After the Terror Attack
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=45

Canadian news magazine special issue on the attack
http://www.macleans.ca/default.asp

Institute for War and Peace Reporting
(covers Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans in some depth)
http://www.iwpr.net/

Iranian-American magazine and online community
http://www.iranian.com/today.html

News Navigator
(directory of world newspapers etc)
http://www.transnational.org/new/TNN.html

Search the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
http://www.gpo.gov/nara/pubpaps/srchpaps.html

Sudan Globe
http://www.sudanglobe.com/


Response

fairly reasoned petition against military retaliation for the attack
http://home.uchicago.edu/~dhpicker/petition

teachers who took care of the children affected by the New York attack
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/18/opinion/18TUE3.html

"schools respond with lessons in working together and trying to understand"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0918/p15s1-lekt.html

National Association of School Psychologists: Coping with a National Tragedy
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html

Reflections on Humanity and Media after Tragedy
http://web.mit.edu/cms/reconstructions/

Disaster Response Information Portal
http://www.sla.org/content/Help/webcomms/sept11help/disip/index.cfm

Disaster Relief for Taxpayers Affected by the September 11th Terrorist Attack
http://www.irs.gov/news/n-01-61.pdf

Giuliani Earning Praise for His Displays of Compassion
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010918/3639129s.htm

Red Cross National Headquarters Statement on Internet Fraud
-- 
Monica Narula
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