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The Taliban and the Times
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: TALIBAN, TIMES
Source: Drudge Report
Published: November 13, 2001 Author: Deb Weiss
3 comments.

The fortunes of war really can turn on a dime. Only last week, the war in Afghanistan was being waged too slowly, too hesitantly, and with far too much restraint to satisfy such military and strategic masterminds as California's Dianne Feinstein and North Carolina's John Edwards. But just one jolly march into Kabul, and all at once it's being waged too aggressively, too hastily, with no thought to the endgame (much less to that spiffy new all-purpose Deadly Menace, the Pakistani Nukes). Last week, the Taliban were a wily enemy, heirs to those ruthless warriors who had held off the ...

10105448 posted on 11/14/01 2:47 PM pacific by alloysteel

Putin's Islamic headache
Foreign Affairs Editorial Editorial Keywords: ISLAM, RUSSIA, TURK
Source: WORLD TRIBUNE
Published: 11/12/2001 Author: Sol Sanders
One comment.

Putin’s Tatar Yoke Between the barbeques at Crawford, Presidents Bush and Putin will be trying to compromise Washington’s determined pursuit of missile defense, not coincidentally filling Russia’s begging bowl — and collaborate against international terrorism. It remains to be seen whether this will mark a new relationship. Until now Putin’s foreign policies have been helter-skelter. They were his frenzied attempt to reflate Russia’s position from a failed superpower to more than camp follower to the U.S. and the emerging E.U. Putin comes to Crawford with some arrows in his quiver: a Russian economy, buoyed by world oil prices [but fragile ...

10104803 posted on 11/14/01 2:14 PM pacific by a_Turk

U.S. confirms new Iraqi deployments near Turkish border
Foreign Affairs Breaking News News Keywords: TURKEY, IRAQ, KURD
Source: MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Published: 11/14/2001 Author: Staff
39 comments.

ANKARA — Iraq has again amassed forces in the north in what could be an imminent confrontation with Kurdish separatists. Kurdish sources said Iraqi troops have been deployed near Kurdish autonomous areas near the Turkish border. They included a concentration of forces near Dohouk, Irbil, Mosul and Suleimaniya. The Ankara-based Turkish Daily News said the Iraqi deployment includes surface-to-surface missiles. The newspaper did not elaborate. "The missiles are displayed out in the open as if to serve a clear warning to the Kurds," a Kurdish source was quoted by the newspaper as saying. The report of the new Iraqi troop ...

10104702 posted on 11/14/01 2:09 PM pacific by a_Turk

Why Are We In Afghanistan? (See How Quickly The War Proved the Left To Be Fools!)
Foreign Affairs Editorial Editorial
Source: The New York Observer
Published: November 19, 2001 Author: Nicholas von Hoffman
16 comments.

Why Are We In Afghanistan? by Nicholas von Hoffman The first "sophisticated&... anthrax spores turned up in a U.S. Senator’s office. Good show: a microbe waving a cigarette holder around while drinking a martini from a long-stemmed glass. Sophisticated or not, the deadly little fellow has all but brought Congress to a halt, which would be something less than an unmitigated disaster were it not for the murder of 5,000 people. Before being able to re-enter their anthrax-contaminated offices, the House passed a bill giving billions in tax rebates to large campaign contributors. What else could they do? No ...

10103579 posted on 11/14/01 1:21 PM pacific by Timesink

Universities to groom talent for Chinese military
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: CHINA, MILITARY TRAINING, UNIVERSITIES
Source: The Straits Times
Published: 14 November, 2001 Author: Straits Times
2 comments.

HONGKONG - Several non-military universities have been appointed by the Chinese army to help it groom high-calibre talent in a scheme approved recently by the State Council. Under the programme, which aims to enhance the army's modernisation and to prepare for future wars involving advanced technology, the universities will train for the military a group of research specialists with master's qualifications.Candi... for the programme will be military personnel from below combat regiment level who are technical specialists, science and technical teachers from military colleges and engineering institutes as well as those in units boasting new weaponry, Ming Pao Daily News ...

10103562 posted on 11/14/01 1:21 PM pacific by soccer8

Clinton's failure to mobilize America to confront foreign terror after the 1993 attack led directly
Foreign Affairs Editorial News Keywords: DICK MORRIS, CLINTON, TERRORISM, 9-11, WTC 1
Source: Jewish World Review
Published: 11-14-01 Author: Dick Morris
15 comments.

WHEN the terrorist gang controlled by Bin Laden exploded a bomb in the World Trade Center in 1993 killing six and injuring 650 others, President Clinton did not even visit the site of the attack. In his radio address the next day, he expressed his grief and outrage and four days later visited New Jersey where he sent a message to New Yorkers saluting our courage. Other than those statements, he remained aloof and uninvolved. The attack occurred in the second month of Clinton's presidency. Issues like gays in the military, the recession, and withdrawing our troops from Somalia loomed ...

10103291 posted on 11/14/01 1:08 PM pacific by afraidfortherepublic

Fidel May Be Part of Terror Campaign
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: TERRORISM, CUBA
Source: Insight Magazine
Published: 11/14/01
5 comments.

Fidel may be part of terror campaign...

10103182 posted on 11/14/01 1:04 PM pacific by Mossad1967

Bush Annouces "Deep" Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament Measures
Foreign Affairs Front Page News Keywords: UNILATERAL, NUCLEAR, DISARMAMENT
Source: The Washington Post
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: Peter Baker
6 comments.

A Familiar Bush Strategy on Disarmament By Peter Baker Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, November 14, 2001; Page A06 Ten years ago this fall, President George Bush broke with military orthodoxy by announcing historic deep unilateral cuts in nuclear arms and was rewarded a week later when the Soviet Union agreed to match him..... Bush's decision to slash the U.S. strategic arsenal to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads over the next 10 years, and the anticipated Russian response, reinvigorate a disarmament process that had largely stalled in the decade since the end of the Cold War... "Bush finally came ...

10103079 posted on 11/14/01 1:00 PM pacific by rightwing2

Letter of Dr. Edward Hudson to the Prime Minister of Canada
Foreign Affairs Announcement Keywords: RKBA;CANADA;PHONEY GUN REGISTRY
Source: Subversive Liberty
Published: 7 November 2001 Author: Dr. Edward Hudson

The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister, Re: Protection of Liberty When I was a youth, Armistice Day 11 November, was a special time in our home, nearly on par with Christmas and Easter in reverence. “The eleventh hour, the eleventh day, the eleventh month” my father would say with tears brimming in his eyes. We remembered with respect the price paid for our freedom. I learned early in life that the cost of liberty is extreme sacrifice. Liberty is once again calling ...

10102417 posted on 11/14/01 12:32 PM pacific by 45Auto

know nothink: the Sergeant Schultz rules that keep our defence force silent
Foreign Affairs News
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Published: 15 Nov 01 Author: Pilita Clark
One comment.

I know nothink: the Sergeant Schultz rules that keep our defence force silent By Pilita Clark Sergeant Major Rich Czizik is a media spokesman for the United States Central Command headquarters overseeing America's military effort in Afghanistan, but it is impossible to imagine him ever getting a job in Australia's Department of Defence. The man simply talks too much. If you ask him if American special forces troops deployed in Afghanistan have had high-altitude training, he tells you straight out: "Yes." It's done as a matter of course during their training, he says. But ask the same question of his ...

10102211 posted on 11/14/01 12:22 PM pacific by Dundee

Palestinian police arrest top Islamic Jihad activist, setting off violent protest
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: PALESTINIAN JIHAD ISRAEL ARREST ARAFAT
Source: AP
Published: 11-14-01 Author: MARK LAVIE
One comment.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Palestinian police arrested a top Islamic Jihad activist in the West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday, setting off a violent protest against Yasser Arafat's security force. The arrest came as Secretary of State Colin Powell scheduled a key Middle East policy speech for next week. An Israeli peace campaigner and a Palestinian spokeswoman said the United States no longer backs Israel's demand for seven days of complete calm before peace talks resume. Islamic Jihad leaders said Palestinian police pulled Mahmoud Tawalbi off a Jenin street and whisked him to a prison in Nablus, 15 miles to ...

10102210 posted on 11/14/01 12:22 PM pacific by Oldeconomybuyer

Documenting a Death Camp in Nazi Croatia
Foreign Affairs Front Page News Keywords: CROATIA, YUGOSLAVIA, SERBS, SERBIA, BALKANS, WORLD WAR TWO, HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE
Source: The New York Times
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: NEIL A. LEWIS
21 comments.

November 14, 2001 Documenting a Death Camp in Nazi Croatia By NEIL A. LEWIS WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — Officials of the United States Holocaust Museum said today that they had discovered and preserved a cache of decaying documents and artifacts from one of the lesser-known but most brutal concentration camps of World War II. The camp, known as Jasenovac, was operated in Croatia by the Ustasha, the Nazi puppet government. The artifacts were found deteriorating in a building in Banja Luka in the Serbian part of Bosnia last year, officials said. Peter Black, the museum's chief historian, told reporters today ...

10101407 posted on 11/14/01 11:46 AM pacific by Pericles

Blair Appeals to Afghans to Hand Over Bin Laden
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: TONY BLAIR AFGANISTAN RADIO PSYCH OPS
Source: Reuters
Published: 11-14-01 Author: MIKE PEACOCK
5 comments.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair took to the Afghan airwaves Wednesday to remind the people there was a multi million dollar reward for handing in Saudi-born Muslim extremist Osama bin Laden. ``I believe the people of Afghanistan can help us,'' Blair told the BBC's Pashto language service. ``There is a very substantial reward -- millions of dollars -- for his capture.'' Despite a hasty withdrawal by Taliban troops, defense experts say the hard-line fighters, bin Laden and his al Qaeda supporters could take to the mountains and fight a lengthy guerrilla war. The United States, which makes ...

10101344 posted on 11/14/01 11:44 AM pacific by Oldeconomybuyer

Taliban Fighters Say Kandahar Has Not Fallen
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: KANDAHAR TALIBAN PAKISTAN
Source: Reuters
Published: 11-14-01 Author: MICHAEL CHRISTIE
9 comments.

CHAMAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban soldiers, some wounded, trickled across the Pakistan border Wednesday, saying the fundamentalist Islamic group were still firmly in charge of their southern Afghan stronghold of Kandahar. ``There are about 40,000 or 50,000 Taliban in Kandahar. We are making strong defensive positions,'' Din Mohammad, bearded and clad in the Taliban's trademark turban, told Reuters at the Chaman border crossing. Mohammad, who said he was returning to Pakistan to see his family, tell them he was all right and recruit more fighters for the Taliban cause, said the militia was regrouping. Both the capital Kabul and ...

10101248 posted on 11/14/01 11:40 AM pacific by Oldeconomybuyer

Hanoi Jane Fonda
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: HANOI JANE
Source: forwarded from Viet Nam vet
Published: 11/14/01 Author: self
31 comments.

KEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA HONORING A TRAITOR This is for all the kids born in the 70's that do not remember this, and didn't have to bear the burden, that our fathers, mothers, and older brothers and sisters had to bear. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the "100 Women of the Century." Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country but specific men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam. The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's name ...

10101136 posted on 11/14/01 11:35 AM pacific by Cobra64

Cheney: Terror War Far From Over
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: CHENEY
Source: AP
Published: 11/14/01 Author: Matt Kelley
3 comments.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday the military defeats inflicted on the Taliban in Afghanistan mark a ``very good beginning'' to the longer-term struggle against terrorism, and jabbed at domestic ``handwringers'' who recently criticized the war effort. ``If anybody has any questions about whether or not we're determined to carry through ... all they have to do is go to Afghanistan today and interview members of the Taliban - if they can find any,'' Cheney said in a speech before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The vice president spoke as officials reported a continuing rout on the ...

10100621 posted on 11/14/01 11:11 AM pacific by anniegetyourgun

What will the Northern Alliance do in our name now? I dread to think...
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: NORTHERN ALIANCE AFGANISTAN
Source: The Independent
Published: November 14 Author: Robert Fisk
51 comments.

Robert Fisk: What will the Northern Alliance do in our name now? I dread to think... 'Why do we always have this ambiguous, dangerous relationship with our allies?' 14 November 2001 It wasn't meant to be like this. The nice, friendly Northern Alliance, our very own foot-soldiers in Afghanistan, is in Kabul. It promised – didn't it? – not to enter the Afghan capital. It was supposed to capture, at most, Mazar-i-Sharif and perhaps Herat, to demonstrate the weakness of the Taliban, to show the West that its war aims – the destruction of the Taliban and thus of Osama ...

10100521 posted on 11/14/01 11:07 AM pacific by DTA

Blair: Taliban in 'total collapse'
Foreign Affairs News
Source: This is London
Published: 11/14/01

The Prime Minister today urged the Afghan people to rise up against the Taliban and complete the rout of the oppressive regime. In a statement to the Commons on the latest developments in the war against international terrorism, he said the Taliban were now in "total collapse". Detailing the coalition's plans to build on the military success, he said British troops might still be used in frontline action. But he said the main role of the several thousand troops that have been put on 48 hours' notice to deploy if required would be to guard humanitarian supply routes, secure airfields, ...

10100435 posted on 11/14/01 11:03 AM pacific by anniegetyourgun

Troop Mobilization Points To UN Peacekeeping Force
Foreign Affairs News
Source: CNSNews.com
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: Mike Wendling
2 comments.

London (CNSNews.com) - U.K. military officials put thousands of troops on a high state of alert Wednesday in case they are needed to assist in humanitarian or peacekeeping missions in Northern Alliance-held areas of Afghanistan. A Ministry of Defense spokesman said that the number of troops put on alert was in the "low thousands," but he declined to be more specific. "There has not been a decision on deployment, but we've put troops on alert because of the rapidly developing situation on the ground," the spokesman said by phone. No specific missions have yet been outlined, but a Ministry of ...

10100210 posted on 11/14/01 10:52 AM pacific by GeekDejure

"The Bush-Putin Summit"
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: BUSH PUTIN SUMMIT
Source: financialsense.com
Published: Monday, November 12, 2001 Author: JRNyquist
3 comments.

"The Bush-Putin Summit" After the trauma of Sept. 11 we find President George W. Bush eager for allies. This week we see him turning to Russia for cooperation and assistance. In fact, President Bush plans to meet with Russia's president and former secret police chief, Vladimir Putin. Some experts believe that Russia is the key to our victory in the war against terrorism. After all, Russia dominates Central Asia with troops and bases near the Afghan frontier. Russia also supports the Northern Alliance, which is presently bearing down on Kabul after recent U.S. carpet-bombing of the Taliban front lines. It ...

10099837 posted on 11/14/01 10:34 AM pacific by lavaroise

Recent Moves in the "Great Game"
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: SHELL GAME RUSSIA CHINA
Source: sierratimes.com
Published: 11.13.01 Author: By J.R. Nyquist
16 comments.

Recent Moves in the "Great Game" By J.R. Nyquist 11.13.01 While American forces close in on Osama bin Laden, the U.S. hesitates to sell Taiwan the submarines it needs to defend itself from communist China. At the same time, China's ally Pakistan is (according to Bill Gertz of the Washington Times) secretly providing the Taliban with military supplies while China gives Pakistan a variety of high tech weapons. Behind China's buildup of Pakistan (even as Pakistan treacherously builds the Taliban) we find the Russian Federation. Not only is Russia supplying China with advanced guided missile destroyers and submarines, but ...

10099780 posted on 11/14/01 10:32 AM pacific by lavaroise

U.S. warplanes target retreating Taliban, uprisings against militia reported by alliance
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: TALIBAN KANDAHAR KABUL
Source: AP
Published: 11-14-01 Author: STEVEN GUTKIN
5 comments.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The northern alliance moved Wednesday to consolidate its grip on Kabul, taking over key posts and ministries despite a pledge to support a broad-based government. Anti-Taliban forces took control of the eastern city of Jalalabad and the airport outside the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, according to U.S. and Afghan sources. The new gains were scored by local leaders unaffiliated with the northern alliance, including ethnic Pashtuns, long the backbone of Taliban support. The U.S. effort to foster dissent among Pashtun leaders has persuaded some of the groups to rise up, although tribes are acting on their ...

10098426 posted on 11/14/01 9:28 AM pacific by Oldeconomybuyer

Taliban suicide squad threat far from over
Foreign Affairs News
Source: geostratgey
Published: 11-14-01 Author: Bill Gertz
46 comments.

The Taliban and the Al Qaeda network are still in the terrorism business. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Nov. 13 the Pentagon is concerned the Taliban will flee into the countryside and form guerrilla units. Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, also warned of remaining "pockets of resistance Taliban militia are forming suicide squads to attack U.S. and British forces, London's Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reports. The Taliban plan to launch the attacks using booby trapped vehicles and single-engine aerial gliders, the newspaper said, quoting Arab-Afghan sources in Peshawar, Pakistan The bombers are being formed in fedayeen ...

10098173 posted on 11/14/01 9:15 AM pacific by classygreeneyedblonde

Thousands of children fall ill in India after taking vitamin A under UNICEF program
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: UNICEF
Source: abc news
Published: 11/14/01 Author: AP
10 comments.

Thousands of children fall ill in India after taking vitamin A under UNICEF program The Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) Thousands of children in India are complaining of illness after taking vitamin A as part of a UNICEF-sponsored anti-blindness program in the country's northeast. A 2-year-old in the state of Assam died Monday after taking a dose Sunday morning, but authorities said they were not certain that the death was due to the vitamin intake. "I would not like to conclude now on the cause for the sudden illness of so many children," Assam's Health Minister Dr. Bhumidhar Barman said. ...

10098044 posted on 11/14/01 9:09 AM pacific by maggie

Protesters find any army will do as they embrace terror (anti-globalists/jihadist uniting?)
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Published: 11/15/01 Author: Miranda Devine
27 comments.

There is a disturbing link between anti-globalists and religious zealots as they call for attacks against wealthy nations, writes Miranda Devine. Consider this. An American Airlines jet falls out of the sky and crashes into a New York suburb on November 12, in the middle of a five-day biennial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Qatar. The terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York occurs on September 11, a symbolic date on the anti-globalisation movement's calendar. September 11, 2000, or S11 as it became known, marked a successful protest against the World Economic Forum in Melbourne. ...

10097633 posted on 11/14/01 8:50 AM pacific by dead

Kandahar Falls !
Foreign Affairs Breaking News News
Source: Reuters
Published: Wednesday November 14 9:16 AM ET
163 comments.

Alliance Envoy Says Kandahar Falls to Opposition DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (Reuters) - Northern Alliance ambassador in Tajikistan Said Ibrohim Hikmat told reporters that the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar fell into the hands of the opposition and tribal rebels Wednesday.``Today the forces of the Northern Alliance entered Kandahar,'' the ambassador said.``They went in with the support of the local population which was rebelling,'' he said. ``The town is now under the control of the northern alliance. There are no Taliban in the city.''The report could not be independently confirmed but one tribal leader said the Taliban had thrown a defensive circle around ...

10096770 posted on 11/14/01 8:16 AM pacific by flamefront

Hog Pilot Speaks
Foreign Affairs Miscellaneous Keywords: HOG PILOT, A-10
Source: e-mail
Published: Unknown Author: Unknown
25 comments.

This one just about sums it up.... Hog pilot speaks.... (Someone pulled this off the Air Force Academy's {very unofficial} message board. Written by a '96 grad who apparently flies A-10s. What we all are REALLY thinking, but a HOG driver says it.) "Make no mistake about it... this war is gonna be a Hawgdriver's dream...no more of this sending GPS guided bombs from the ionosphere... I want to camp out on the enemy's border... I want to yell across the border, in the immortal words of Wyatt Earp (as portrayed by Kurt Russell), "You tell 'em I'm coming! ...

10096733 posted on 11/14/01 8:14 AM pacific by Osage Orange

US must engage beyond Afghanistan
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Published: 11/15/01 Author: Hamish McDonald
6 comments.

The present conflict is a sideshow to that old centre-stager, the Middle East problem, writes Hamish McDonald. The Taliban have not yet been finished off, but the end of the latest Afghanistan episode is visible: the Northern Alliance running Kabul and most of the country, the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda still holding out in the southern mountains, possibly with covert Pakistani support. Where now for the war on terrorism? Since September 11, world attention has been focused on Afghanistan, which will continue to present many security questions for surrounding countries. Notably, if Pakistan is denied sway over its ...

10096704 posted on 11/14/01 8:13 AM pacific by dead

Bush for Nobel Peace Prize?
Foreign Affairs Miscellaneous
Source: Me
Published: Nov 14/01 Author: Me
19 comments.

Is it too premature to start thinking of Bush and Blair as Nobel peace prize recipients? Toppling a hated regime and liberating the people in two months certainly qualifies in my opinion.

10096619 posted on 11/14/01 8:10 AM pacific by MaxwellWolf

Wanted: Dead -It’s good to finally see a fatwa we can all get behind
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: The NAtional Review
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: James S. Robbins
4 comments.

Osama bin Laden has obtained a fatwa authorizing his suicide in case of capture. He was forced to take this extraordinary step because suicide is expressly forbidden in Islam. This timely bit of information was relayed by Mullah Abdel Aziz, an imam at a Kandahar mosque who spoke to bin Laden last September. The logic of the fatwa is that the capture of bin Laden or his men would lead to confessions that would be damaging to the jihad against the crusaders and Jews. Suicide would forestall this and presumably create martyrs to the cause. Aziz said that bin Laden ...

10096559 posted on 11/14/01 8:08 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

AFGHANISTAN: New Government and the Hunt to bin Laden
Foreign Affairs Editorial Opinion
Source: StrategyPage
Published: 11/14/01 Author: Anon.
4 comments.

November 14, 2001; British plans to swiftly move a force of 3,200 troops into Afghanistan have been "thrown off stride". The military wanted better intelligence reports on where the main Taliban and al Qaeda units are located and on the various cave complexes. The Blair government had wanted to be conducting at least ground raids if not actual ground operations by now. Britain had ten aircraft (tankers and recon) in theater but has boosted this to 14, including C-130s to resupply other units. The carrier Illustrious has been moved from wargames in Oman to the Pakistani coast, but its ...

10096488 posted on 11/14/01 8:04 AM pacific by untenured

Schoolboy politics; Bush hit the wrong note at UN (whining British libs)
Foreign Affairs Editorial Editorial Keywords: SNIVILING, WHINING, CRYBABY BRITISH "INTELLECTUALS"
Source: The Guardian
Published: Nov. 12, 2001 Author: The Guardian
11 comments.

As his 80% job approval ratings continue to show, George Bush knows how to talk to Americans. Two months after the terrorist attacks, most Americans still want their president to tell them that they are the world's good guys, and Mr Bush is not the kind of man to want to disappoint them on that, as last week's Atlanta speech proved. But Mr Bush and his speechwriter are far less effective at talking to the rest of the world, as the president's weekend speech to the UN's general assembly showed. Mr Bush lectured the nations of the world as though ...

10096427 posted on 11/14/01 8:01 AM pacific by seamus

In Too Deep With Our Friends From The North
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: THE WAR
Source: The Times
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: Simon Jenkins
18 comments.

Any city freed from tyranny is a place of joy. Yesterday the Afghan capital, Kabul, was joyful. Its people lined the streets cheering the demise of their latest oppressors. As the latter fled south, civilised people cried good riddance and wished the Afghans well. Any change must be for the better. Any change is an opportunity. I could have written the above paragraph, more or less, in 1996, 1992, 1989, 1973, 1919, 1879, 1841, 1504, 1219 and possibly in 329BC. In each case my optimism would have been misplaced. What is different today? The answer can be seen in ...

10095684 posted on 11/14/01 7:32 AM pacific by coteblanche

Powell Said Ready To Drop Seven-day Quiet Condition, As New U.S. Initiative Takes Shape...
Foreign Affairs Front Page News
Source: Ha'aretz News
103 comments.

The contours of the Bush administration's new Mideast diplomatic initiative began to take shape Wednesday, with the news that the U.S. plans to demand a speedy freeze on Jewish settlements, and to pressure Israel to forego the seven-day period of quiet it has demanded as a precondition for the start of the six-week cooling-off period stipulated in the Mitchell Report. In a joint meeting with senior U.S. officials in Washington, Oslo architect Yossi Beilin and Palestinian Authority Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo learned that the Americans will demand that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon give up on his demand for a week ...

10095489 posted on 11/14/01 7:22 AM pacific by RCW2001

Now That's More Like It (barf alert)
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: SELF SERVING MEDIA DRIVEL
Source: newsmax.com
Published: Nov. 5, 2001 Author: John L. Perry
10 comments.

Now That's More Like It John L. PerryNov. 5, 2001 Give credit where due: The war on terrorism is beginning to take traction, and the free American press has played a material role. As they used to say on old-time radio serials, "When last we looked in on our hero, he was not faring too well ..." This time last week, President Bush was getting bested by the Evil One, and it was no fun having to say so. Now, however, Osama bin Laden is the one taking his lumps. America is at last on the road – still ...

10095318 posted on 11/14/01 7:14 AM pacific by Frapster

Zimbabwe: White farm exodus to cost £3400m
Foreign Affairs Extended News News
Source: Guardian (UK) via ZWNEWS
Published: 14 November, 2001 Author: Andrew Meldrum in Harare
17 comments.

author/source:Guardian (UK),br> published:Wed 14-Nov-2001 posted on this site:Wed 14-Nov-2001 Article Type : News The first to suffer will be the black farm labourers and their families, numbering 1.2m, who will lose both work and homes. In many cases the number of people resettled on a farm is smaller than the number of labourers the farm formerly employed Andrew Meldrum in Harare White Zimbabwean farmers began dismantling irrigation systems and equipment on some of their farms yesterday after they were warned on Monday that under new laws they could be imprisoned for continuing farming. More than 4,400 white-owned farms are to be ...

10095295 posted on 11/14/01 7:13 AM pacific by Clive

Secrecy And Trust In Time Of War
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: Stratfor.com
Published: November 12, 2001

Summary -- Concern is rising in some circles about whether America's enemies are being helped by discussions of U.S. war plans and strategies in Afghanistan. Secrecy is certainly essential to any war-fighting effort. But as was seen in Vietnam, too much secrecy can eventually destroy public trust in the government and undermine the war effort. Analysis -- Surprise is the single most powerful tool in warfare. The essence of surprise is secrecy. It would therefore seem to follow that secrecy is the foundation of warfare. The willingness of a soldier to place himself between home and war's desolation is ...

10095258 posted on 11/14/01 7:12 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

Strategic Reality Requires New Force Structure
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: Defense News
Published: November 12-18, 2001 Author: Daniel Goure

It seemed like a good idea at the time. With the end of the Cold War, it made sense to reduce the size of the U.S. military, reduce defense expenditures and cash in the so-called "peace dividend." In truth, defense spending had been declining since 1985, but the trend accelerated significantly, starting with the first George Bush administration and continuing through the last year of the Bill Clinton administration. In the decade between the end of the Persian Gulf War and the start of the war on terrorism, the U.S. military was reduced by some 40 percent, losing eight ...

10095231 posted on 11/14/01 7:11 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

Finding terrorists inside the U.S.
Foreign Affairs Editorial Editorial Keywords: IMMIGRATION, ALIENS, ASHCROFT, KENNEDY, TERRORISTS
Source: Town Hall
Published: 11-14-01 Author: Phyllis Schlafly
5 comments.

The Bush administration's announcements that it will delay indefinitely the admission of refugees from terrorist countries, and that it will find and deport foreigners who are illegally in the United States because their visa terms have expired, are two moves in the right direction. The question remains, however, why did it take seven weeks to initiate such obvious safety measures? The administration has set up a Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force to study all policies and procedures relating to noncitizens. Instead of more study, how about announcing that all illegals have 30 days to leave the country or they will ...

10095223 posted on 11/14/01 7:10 AM pacific by afraidfortherepublic

Israel Foresees No Barriers To Early JSF Acquisition
Foreign Affairs News
Source: Defense Daily
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: Neil Baumgardner
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Israel should be able to acquire the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) relatively early in the program’s production despite not investing in the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase, according to an Israeli defense official. "Somewhere in the future we will purchase this, but we are not in the development," Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, the head of the Israel Defense Force’s planning branch, yesterday told reporters at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. "At least in the past, whenever we wanted to purchase new aircraft, we didn’t have to wait too much. Usually we find a ...

10095206 posted on 11/14/01 7:09 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

Vets Don't Fade Away--They Re-Enlist
Foreign Affairs News
Source: Chicago Tribune
Published: November 13, 2001 Author: Shia Kapos

Peter VanPelt had been in the Air Force nearly 15 years when he decided he needed a change. The Sacramento resident and U-2 reconnaissance pilot took a job last summer with American Airlines, where the money and the career opportunities were better, he said. Then came Sept. 11. "I lost my job because I was at the bottom of the rung," he said, adding "I've never felt so helpless in my life." So VanPelt, 36, decided to head back to the Air Force. He expects to be activated as soon as his paperwork goes through. He is among hundreds ...

10095184 posted on 11/14/01 7:08 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

Putin Matches Bush on Nuke Cutbacks
Foreign Affairs Front Page News
Source: AP
Published: 11/14/01 Author: BARRY SCHWEID
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is matching President Bush in pledging to make deep cuts in nuclear weapons stockpiles. But the outlook for an accord on anti-missile defenses is murky as they shift their summit talks to Bush's Texas ranch. Both leaders affirmed Tuesday they had too many nuclear weapons. Both spoke of slashing their arsenals of long-range warheads to about one-third the current size. Bush prefers an informal arrangement; Putin prefers a traditional arms control accord. But both also are signaling they are flexible, giving every indication that procedure will not block their intent to do away with thousands of ...

10095169 posted on 11/14/01 7:08 AM pacific by truthandlife

Overhauled, Refueled Carrier Nimitz Arrives At New Home
Foreign Affairs News
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: James W. Crawley

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Hamilton's eyes seemed to smile as he glimpsed Point Loma and the San Diego skyline for the first time. A Brooklyn, N.Y., native who had never been to the West Coast, Hamilton turned to two buddies and proclaimed, "The view out here is PHEN-OMENAL!" Fresh from a three-year overhaul and refueling of its nuclear reactors in Norfolk, Va., the aircraft carrier Nimitz, along with Hamilton and 3,000 crew members, arrived in San Diego yesterday. The Nimitz sailed past a sun-licked skyline, washed clean by the previous night's rain, to North Island Naval Air Station, ...

10095157 posted on 11/14/01 7:07 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

This Victory May Haunt Us
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: Wall Street Journal
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: By Max Boot
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How quickly the fortunes of war shift. Last week gloomy commentators spoke of a "quagmire" and invoked Vietnam analogies. This week, following the liberation of Kabul, giddy commentators will no doubt be talking of bringing our boys home by Thanksgiving, Christmas at the latest. It may seem churlish in this hour of victory to raise doubts about how the triumphs of the past few days have been achieved, but the manner in which we have fought the war in Afghanistan may yet come back to haunt us. This is not a war being won with American blood and guts. ...

10095139 posted on 11/14/01 7:06 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

U.S. War In Afghanistan Reaffirms Critical Role Played By Navy's Carriers
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Published: November 11, 2001 Author: Dale Eisman
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WASHINGTON -- The shooting war they left behind could drag on for months, or longer, but the aircraft carrier Enterprise and its crew brought home an important victory for their Navy on Saturday when they pulled up to Pier 11 at the Norfolk Naval Station. After months of whispered doubt at the White House and the Pentagon over the utility of carriers in 21st century combat, the Enterprise and sister ships Carl Vinson and Kitty Hawk have dramatically made the Navy's case that they and their battle groups should continue indefinitely as the centerpiece of U.S. naval power. The ...

10095108 posted on 11/14/01 7:04 AM pacific by Stand Watch Listen

The Cult of Wahhabism=bin Laden; Know Thine Enemy! (My title )
Foreign Affairs Editorial Keywords: BIN LADEN CULT WAHHABI
Source: Radio Free Europe
Published: Mon, 19 May 1997 Author: Bruce Pannier
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Last week, a violent confrontation broke out between rival Muslim groups in the Dagestani village of Chabani- Makhi. Members of the Wahhabi group clashed with those of local Tariqat Sufi orders. Two people were killed and three hospitalized. Eighteen Wahhabis were briefly taken hostage until special police sealed off the village and restored order. These events underscore the tensions that have arisen in many Soviet successor states following the relaxation of Soviet-era restrictions on religious proselytizing. The Wahhabi movement is looked upon with suspicion in several CIS states. A Sunni group, the Wahhabis have been active in Central Asia and ...

10094891 posted on 11/14/01 6:53 AM pacific by cake_crumb

Neighbors Scoff At Theory Crash Was Accident
Foreign Affairs Extended News News
Source: NEW YORK POST
Published: November 14, 2001 Author: STEVE DUNLEAVY
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NEIGHBORS SCOFF AT THEORY CRASH WAS ACCIDENT By STEVE DUNLEAVY November 14, 2001 -- PEOPLE who live around Rockaway's own ground zero are not swallowing the story that this was an accident. Kevin McKeon, who has an engine in his back yard, puts it this way: "I feel, and I've felt it is terrorism. When investigators make my house a crime scene, and I see [fighter] jets screaming overhead, I tend to think they have really got us scared. "I'm asking my daughter, Shannon, to give me a kiss and a hug, and then I hear this sonic boom, ...

10094791 posted on 11/14/01 6:48 AM pacific by Israel

Ariel Sharon, Closet Dove??
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: SHARON
Source: Jewish World Review
Published: Nov. 14, 2001 Author: Tom Rose
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Jewish World Review Nov. 14, 2001 / 28 Mar-Cheshvan, 5762 Ariel Sharon, closet dove? By Tom Rose http://www.jewishwor... -- JERUSALEM | NO ONE INSIDE ISRAEL wonders why Prime Minister Ariel Sharon abruptly cancelled a trip to Washington long scheduled for November 11-13. Everyone here knows that Sharon, at the urging of advisers and allies, cancelled the trip to avoid facing an American president unhappy about Israel's continued presence in Palestinian towns and likely to demand new Israeli concessions to Yasser Arafat. It wasn't fear of offending the president that worried Sharon's team, nor were they afraid the volatile former general ...

10094719 posted on 11/14/01 6:45 AM pacific by richwolo

Execution-Pants down style!!
Foreign Affairs News Keywords: EXECUTION
Source: NewsMax
Published: 11-13-2001 Author: NewsMax
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Rebels Massacre Taliban Soldiers NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 WASHINGTON – Northern Alliance forces massacred about 100 Taliban recruits they found hiding in a school in Mazar-i-Sharif, U.N. officials said Tuesday. "Today in Mazar we’ve had several sources that have corroborated that over 100 Taliban troops who were young recruits hiding in a school were killed by Northern Alliance Saturday,” said Stephanie Bunker, a U.N. spokeswoman in Islamabad. Bunker said U.N. offices in Islamabad also had reports from Mazar-i-Sharif of fighting as well as "punitive action” and looting. Bunker said "small-scale” looting had also taken place in Kabul, where ...

10094633 posted on 11/14/01 6:41 AM pacific by wiscon

Was Druidism An Aryan Faith?
Foreign Affairs Miscellaneous
Source: E-Mail
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Was Druidism An Aryan Faith? Yeah, Probably, But It's An Interesting Discussion 11/13/2001 11:28:29 PM Bill White Historical Notes -- I've been reading a bit lately on the subject of Druids and their faith among the Celts and the people of Gaul in time before Christ, and in the persistance of belief in them that lasted until at least the late 18th century in the British Isles. Druids are a very interesting topic, because there are two conflicting schools of thought on them: 1) That they are an "Aryan" or "Atlantean" faith -- a true faith of Indo-European peoples -- ...

10094430 posted on 11/14/01 6:30 AM pacific by Infiniti

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