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- "Stakes
high in Kashmir standoff: Nuclear powers [India
and Pakistan] in a blood feud." -By Howard Witt -ChicagoTribune
Afghanistan
- "Massive
Food Delivery Averts Afghan Famine."
-By Marc Kaufman -WashingtonPost
- "Argentine President Resigns Amid Widespread Unrest: Argentine
President Fernando De la Rua resigns amid deadly rioting sparked by a deepening
recession. The nationwide violence has left some two dozen people dead."
-Martin Kaste reports -Morning
Edition -NPR
/News /Shop!
Osama
bin Laden - "Bin
Laden Hunt Enters Pakistan: U.S. widens its
search, and the CIA augments efforts by Afghanistan's neighbor to apprehend
fugitives." -By Bob Drogin and Paul Richter-LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Al
Qaeda Fighters Retreat in Intense Fighting."
-By Susan B. Glasser and Molly Moore -WashingtonPost
Osama
bin Laden - "Trying
Al Qaeda: US vs. Europe: Videotape aired yesterday
bolsters case on bin Laden." ... "If Osama bin Laden wants to escape death,
he has one sure fire route to safety: find his way to Europe and hand himself
in." -By Peter Ford -CSMonitor/buy
Osama
bin Laden - "Bin
Laden: Destruction Greater Than Expected."
-By John J. Lumpkin -AP
via -LAtimes
Osama
bin Laden - "Bin
Laden in Pakistan, source claims: As US airstrikes
pound Tora Bora, a top Al Qaeda aide says the leader has fled."
-By Philip Smucker -CSMonitor/buy
China
- "China
joins the WTO - at last." -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Fighters
'push into' al-Qaeda stronghold."
-BBC /News
Afghanistan
- "U.S.
hits Tora Bora; Afghan attack stalls: Militia
leader says fight won't be easy." -By Michael A. Lev
-ChicagoTribune
Osama
bin Laden - "Cheney:
Tape evidence bin Laden behind terror attacks."
-CNN
Afghanistan
- "Nic Robertson: Kandahar
in limbo." -reported by Nic Robertson -CNN
Osama
bin Laden - "Wallace:
Officials
debate release of bin Laden tape: Vice President
Dick Cheney said Sunday that a videotape of Osama bin Laden obtained by
the United States is "one more piece of evidence confirming the man's responsibility"
for the September 11 attacks. Whether that evidence will be shared with
the public remains undecided." -reported by Kelly
Wallace -CNN
Osama
bin Laden - "Bin
Laden search a haphazard effort: Afghans struggle in rough terrain."
-By Michael A. Lev -ChicagoTribune
Afghanistan
- "Power
struggle in Kandahar." between opposition factions.
-BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Afghan
Expatriates Thrill to Woman's Appointment:
Sima Samar, advocate for women and children's health and education, was
already a heroine to ethnic Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan."
-By Kim Murphy -LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Taliban
agree to surrender Kandahar on Friday. U.S. investigates friendly
fire incident." -CNN
Afghanistan
- "Afghan
Factions Reach a Deal on Prime Minister: Pashtun
Leader to Head Government." -By Peter Finn and Peter
Baker -WashingtonPost
Osama
bin Laden - "U.S.
Fears Bin Laden Gain in Nuclear Effort: Concern
Over 'Dirty Bomb' Affects Security." -By Bob Woodward,
Robert G. Kaiser and David B. Ottaway -WashingtonPost
Afghanistan
- "A
squeeze on Taliban, bin Laden: In their two
old strongholds, Taliban and Al Qaeda forces face bleak options."
-By Scott Baldauf -CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "U.S.
Wants Custody of Enemy Leaders: Interrogation, Trials
of Al Qaeda, Taliban Eyed." -By Vernon Loeb and Susan
Schmidt -WashingtonPost
Afghanistan
- "Endgame
in Afghanistan: On the ground and at the bargaining
table, it looks like the U.S. battle against terrorism is going to be a
lengthy drama." -By Lee Walczak, Stan Crock, Paul
Magnusson, & Frederik Balfour-BusinessWeek
Afghanistan
- "Airstrikes
slam Kandahar as ground assault threatened."
-CNN
Afghanistan
- "U.S.
equipped to take on [Afghanistan] caves."
-By Howard Witt -ChicagoTribune
Afghanistan
- "Have
Soviet-era bio-weapons infected Afghan refugees?"
Nonsubscriber extract -Jane's
Afghanistan
- "For
ground troops, now the 'real' war begins: Possibility
of US casualties rises, as does potential to be seen as an occupying force."
-By Brad Knickerbocker-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "5
U.S. Servicemen Hurt by Errant Bomb: Explosive
missed its target near prison, Pentagon says. CIA is mum about reports
of missing operative." -By Esther Schrader, Bob Drogin
and Greg Miller -LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "U.S.
Troops Land in Kandahar: Hundreds said dead
as POWs stage uprising." -By Ellen Knickmeyer
-AP via -LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Massive
food aid as a tool of diplomacy: Saving lives
in Afghanistan may translate into gains with Muslims."
-By Howard LaFranchi-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Taliban
Took an Ax to Antiquities: More than 2,750
items in Afghan National Museum were destroyed in regime's war on art,
experts say." -By Paul Watson -LAtimes
- Afghanistan
- "Women
in Afghanistan: A look at the plight of women
in Afghanistan and what the future may bring.."
-PBS /NewsHour
Afghanistan
- "Alliance,
Taliban discuss hold-out city in north: 'We
will prevail' in Konduz, U.S. commander says."
-CNN
Osama
bin Laden - "Al
Qaeda architect's influence raises fear: Bin
Laden adviser [Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri] considered brains behind
holy war."-By E.A. Torriero and Michael Martinez -ChicagoTribune
Afghanistan
- "Infighting
among Taliban grows around besieged Konduz:
Hard-line Taliban fighters killed local supporters who were willing to
surrender in the northern stronghold of Konduz and other Taliban committed
suicide as diplomatic moves intensified Sunday to form a new, broad-based
government in Afghanistan."
-CNN
Afghanistan
- "N.
Alliance Sets Up Shop In Capital: Takeover
of Key Posts Is Alarming to West." -By William Branigin
and Keith B. Richburg-WashingtonPost
Afghanistan
- "Taleban
'leaving last strongholds'." -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Air
Raids Continue on First Day of Ramadan: The
Pentagon today said U.S. air and ground assaults against Afghanistan's
Taliban militia would continue as usual, despite the beginning of the Muslim
holy month of Ramadan." -PBS
/NewsHour
Afghanistan-
"Rumsfeld:
U.S. Forces in Ground Combat." ... ""They have gone
into places and met resistance and dealt with it," Rumsfeld said. He declined
to say specifically how many forces are there. "We have hundreds.""By
Pauline Jelinek -AP
via-LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Afghanistan
turns a corner: As war shifts, both relief
and foreboding ripple from London to Islamabad." -By
Scott Baldauf-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "For
many
Afghan women, bare faces and lives resumed." ...
"With the Taliban on the run, the word "freedom" is breathed repeatedly
through the mesh shrouds of head-to-toe burqas. The change for Afghanistan's
women is not just a revolution – it is an emancipation."
-By Scott Peterson-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Al-Qa'eda
lab shows potential chemical weapons bid."
-AP via -USATODAY
Afghanistan
- "Taliban
retreat takes war to hills: The Taliban appear
to have fled the strongholds of Kandahar and Jalalabad."
-By Scott Baldauf -CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Blended
Tactics Paved Way for Sudden Collapse: Air power
aided by ground forces inflicted a series of pinpricks that destroyed enemy's
ability to fight, experts say." -By Paul Watson and
Richard T. Cooper-LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Kabul's
new rulers tighten grip." -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Concern
over Afghan massacre reports." -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Taleban
'collapsing' across Afghanistan." -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Stronghold
of Taliban close to collapse."
-By Ewen MacAskill -Guardian.co.uk
Afghanistan
- "Taliban
yield Kabul, but not war: Concern for human
rights follows the swift rebel capture of the capital yesterday."
-By Scott Peterson -CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Southern
tribes prove key in defeat of Taliban: US officials
say supplying isolated pockets of southern tribes with supplies may shift
attitude toward Taliban." -By Philip Smucker-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Officer's
retreat starts Taliban panic: Northern Alliance
shocked by speed of their enemy's collapse in north."
-By James Meek and Rory McCarthy -Guardian.co.uk
Osama
bin Laden - "Hate
club: An in-depth look at al-Qaeda, the sprawling
terror network through which Osama bin Laden exploits the borderless globe
with a secret army driven by a ruthless new brand of extremism."
(1, 2,3,4,
5)
-By Michael Elliott -TIME.com
Afghanistan
- "The
Child Soldiers: War and revenge is all the
young recruits of the Northern Alliance and Taliban know."
-By Hannah Beech Farkhar -TIME.com
Afghanistan
- "Front
Lines: Taliban confirms fall of Mazar-e Sharif."
-CNN
Afghanistan
- "Highland
Soldiers Face Two Enemies: For Northern Alliance
troops positioned near the Salang tunnel, the Taliban and the winter cold
are deadly foes." -By Paul Watson -LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Rebels
attempting first big gains: Northern Alliance
forces, some on horseback, vow to take the Taliban citadel Mazar-e Sharif
this weekend." -By Scott Peterson-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Trek
through Afghanistan's mountains: Rebel supply
line a merciless trail." -By Paul Salopek -ChicagoTribune
Afghanistan
- "US
sees boon in Afghan winter: Military plans
to keep fighting, saying high-tech tools will give US troops edge in harsh
climate." -By Ann Scott Tyson-CSMonitor
Osama
bin Laden - "Bin
Laden's death 'will not end attacks'" explains Britain's
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "U.S.
Sets Stage for Offensive: Troops, Planes Focus
On North Afghanistan." -By Steven Mufson and William
Branigin -WashingtonPost
Afghanistan
- "B-52s
Pound Taliban Headquarters." -By Steven Gutkin
-AP via-LAtimes
Afghanistan-
"U.S.
Escalates Its Air War on Taliban North of Kabul: So-called
area bombing suggests effort to smooth way for opposition ground war."
-By Paul Watson, Paul Richter and George Wilson -LAtimes
Osama
bin Laden - "The
'cave man' and Al Qaeda: A Pakistani journalist who
repeatedly interviewed bin Laden says he's not the terror group's main
force." -By Scott Baldauf
-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Freedom
Fighters: Brave Women Battle Oppression in Aghanistan."
... "Before the Taliban took over, women had the right to education, were
represented in government and worked in offices. Forty percent of the country's
doctors were women." ... "Under the Taliban regime, women are not allowed
to hold jobs or receive an education. They can only appear in public if
they are accompanied by male relatives and clothed in burqas, full-length
coverings that drape the entire body, including the face. Under the Taliban
regime, women cannot laugh, talk out loud in public, or make noise when
they walk. If they wear makeup or show their ankles, they are subject to
being whipped." -ABCNEWS
Osama
bin Laden - "New
snags in US-Saudi ties play to bin Laden."
-By Warren Richey -CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Strategy
Fails to Splinter Taliban: U.S., Pakistani
Efforts Not Yielding Significant Defections." -By
Molly Moore and Kamran Khan -WashingtonPost
Afghanistan
- "Afghan
powerbrokers: Who's Who. As fighting
intensifies on the ground, BBC News Online profiles some of the most influential
figures within the Taleban and Northern Alliance." -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "UK
commits troops to Afghan campaign." -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Opposition
Blundered, Leader Says: Northern Alliance botched
its chance to capture a key city by counting too much on U.S. airstrikes."
-By Paul Watson and Richard C. Paddock -LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Bombs
Hit Civilian Areas of Afghan Cities, U.S. Says: Strikes
that went awry in Kabul and near home for elderly in Herat could imperil
anti-terrorism coalition." -By Esther Schrader-LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "U.S.
Plans No Letup in Its Afghan Air Assault"
-By Paul Richter and R.C. Paddock -LAtimes
Osama
bin Laden- "CIA
Told to Do 'Whatever Necessary' to Kill Bin Laden:
Agency and Military Collaborating at 'Unprecedented' Level; Cheney Says
War Against Terror 'May Never End'" -By Bob Woodward
-WashingtonPost
Osama
bin Laden - "Bin
Laden, Taliban Are Seen as Inexorably Linked." -By
Tyler Marshall -LAtimes
Osama
bin Laden- "Fed
by Intrigue, the Myth of Bin Laden Grows:
The urge to create a super-villain may obscure an understanding of larger
issues." -By Reed Johnson -LAtimes
- "Analysis:
Inside Wahhabi Islam." ... "... the term is properly
used to describe an Islamic revivalist movement which sprang up in the
Arabian peninsula in the 18th century." ... "Like many revivalists in the
course of Muslim history, Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhab, the founder of the
movement, felt that the local practice of Islam had lost its original purity."
... "The modern Saudi state is founded on the 18th-century alliance between
the Wahhabi religious movement and the House of Saud - the family that
has ruled the Saudi kingdom since its creation in the 1930s." -By
Roger Hardy -BBC
/News
Afghanistan
- "Bush
maps plan in war on terrorism:
Afghan terrain, lack of data among obstacles." -By
Tom Hundley and Colin McMahon -ChicagoTribune
Osama
bin Laden- "Peering
into bin Laden's network: Recruits taught how
to sow fear." -By Michael J. Berens -ChicagoTribune
Afghanistan
- "An
Unflinching View: Documentarist's work captures
rare images of life in Afghanistan." The documentary, "Beneath the
Veil", can be watched Sunday 20010923
at 4 p.m. -By Elizabeth Jensen -LAtimes
Osama
bin Laden- "Inside
the Mind of Osama Bin Laden: Strategy Mixes
Long Preparation, Powerful Message Aimed at Dispossessed." -By Michael
Dobbs -WashingtonPost
Afghanistan
- "Life
under Taliban cuts two ways."
-By Scott Baldauf
-CSMonitor
Afghanistan
- "Afghans gear up
for holy war on U.S.: Muslim clerics debate
Pakistan’s ultimatum; thousands flee cities, fearing attack"
-MSNBC
Osama
bin Laden- "Pakistan
Demands Taliban Hand Over Bin Laden or Face Attack:
Bush steps up rhetoric as U.S. warns it will target states that harbor
terrorists. Administration pushes for expanded powers to track suspects.
States that harbor terrorists are warned." -By John
Daniszewski and Jim Mann -LAtimes
Afghanistan
- "Afghans
Teeter on Edge: Aid workers fear a major U.S.
offensive could trigger mass starvation in a land where millions are already
suffering." -By Tyler Marshall and Paul Watson -LAtimes
9-11
Meta Index September 11 2001Osama
bin Laden - "An
Exclusive Interview with Osama Bin Ladin: Talking
with Terror’s Banker"
-ABCNEWS
