Articles on issues related to the September 11, 2001 WTC and Pentagon attacks

• Good Information Sites, Links, etc.
• Background on Taliban, Afghanistan, Central Asian Region, Islam, US involvement, US intelligence
• US Responses: Domestically
• US Responses: Internationally

Good Information Sites, Links, etc.

• Crisis Report from the Crisis Reporting Network
• Background information on politics in Central Asia from the International Crisis Group
• Political and military developments in Central Asia from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting
• Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
• Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell Univ., Terrorism and War
• Johns Hopkins, SAIS, Center for Strategic Education, Links on Sept.11 Lots of all kinds of links
• 9-11 Terror Attack and Aftermath Links from Steve Solnick, Dept. of Political Science, Columbia University
• Research & Reference Resources Events of September 11, 2001 compiled by Gary Price, George Washington University
• ReliefWeb: News from Afghanistan for the international humanitarian relief community
  
• Good English-language non-US media coverage:
  • The Guardian (UK)
  • The Independent (UK)
  • The Observer (UK)
  • The Dawn (Pakistan)
  • The Friday Times (Pakistan)
  • The Daily Times (Pakistan)
  • Hindustan Times (India)
  • The Moscow Times (Russia)
  • The Russian Issues (Russia: translation of Russian press)

• "Blowback Chronicles" The Guardian (UK) Review of books on US involvement in Afghanistan and with Taliban, and on background of Taliban
• Background information on politics in Central Asia from the International Crisis Group
• Political and military developments in Central Asia from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting
• "Central Asian Perspectives on 11 September and the Afghan Crisis", report from the International Crisis Group: potentially dangerous knock-on effects of the current crisis on each of the five states of Central Asia, giving consideration also to Russia's role and strategic stake in the region.
• "Bin Laden and the Balkans: the Politics of Anti-Terrorism" report from International Crisis Group
• "US Policy Toward Political Islam" by Stephen Zunes. Great background piece, originally published in June 2001
• The War In Afghanistan: 47 Questions and Answers and additional links for further Information from Znet
• "What Jihad is; what is isn't" from Globe and Mail (Toronto), Sept.18, 2001
• "Commission Warned Bush" by Jake Tapper, Salon.com, Sept.12, 2001
• "Blinded by Scandal" by Arianna Huffington, Salon.com, Sept.13, 2001
• "CIA's Tracks Lead in Disastrous Circle" by Robert Scheer, LA Times, Sept.17, 2001, on US involvement with Taliban, BinLaden and Afghanistan
• "U.S. had hand in creating an implacable foe Osama bin Laden, ruling militia are tough products of Soviet-Afghan war" by Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune, Sept.17, 2001

US Responses: Domestically  

• "A Spirited Debate About How To Best Protect Our Nation, Our Families, and Ourselves: It Is Our Patriotic Duty" by Buzzflash.com, Sept. 13, 2001. Why political debate is so important right now.
• "Suspect called himself a 'patriot' after killing immigrant, authorities say" by Christina Leonard, Arizona Republic, Sept.17,. 2001
• "DESERT STORM DISINFORMATION: Will Truth Again Be the First Casualty?" by Jacqueline E. Sharkley (a look at media coverage of US military actions, an investigative report for the Center for Public Integrity).
• "The Dangers of Disinformation in the War on Terrorism" from the Center for Public Integrity , Feb. 2, 2002.
• INDEPENDENCE AND SKEPTICISM --The Patriotic Duty of the Press from Tom Paine.com
  

• "Bush is Walking Into a Trap" by Robert Fisk, The Independent (UK). Argues that the attacks were meant exactly to provoke retaliatory strikes in the Middle East
• "How Missile Defense Would Help Terrorists" by Robert Wright, Slate
• "No Easy Battle" by Stratfor.com. Geo-military analysis of severe challenges facing the US in any attempt to respond to terrorism. (analysis no longer available on stratfor site, this is a link to the original text but on another site.)
• "Counter-terrorism: prevention or cure" by Ejaz Haider The Friday Times (Lahore, Pakistan). Counter-terrorism measures alone cannot hope to address the issue
• Gallup Poll: Results of Internation Polling on 9/11/01 attack, broken down by regions and countries (US figures are in third group, "Others")
• Executive Summary of Bipartisan US Commission on National Security This report was released in Jan.2001 with specific recommendations on terrorism; the Bush Administration declined to act upon it, deciding shortly thereafter to instead set up its own commission to examine this issue.
• "US Must Address Root of Hate" Chicago Tribune, Sept.22, 2001 Head of the International Crisis Group, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations

Last revised 8/29/02